Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Luxury Case to a Bavarian Recipient visually-hidden (Reichsarbeitsdienst Tuchmütze für Offiziere)

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Tuchmütze für Offiziere)

Bronze Grade for Twelve Years' Service (Six in the Colonies)

scattered chipping in the red paint and silvering wear evident

the Forest Administration

that he was Married and that his trade was that of Engineer

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Luxury Case to a Bavarian Recipient visually-hidden (Reichsarbeitsdienst Tuchmütze für Offiziere)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a 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 three