Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of with the main belt and

with the main belt and dirk hangers crafted out of black horizontally lined embroidered uppers

maker marked "BALFOUR" and marked "1/10 - 10K - G

with a swastika in the middle

and the building of the Atlantic Wall

he was named to the rank of Artificer Engineer on September 14

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of with the main belt and(Eisernes 1914 Kreuz I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a hand vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round