Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive The visor exhibits crazing and

The visor exhibits crazing and surface wear in the patent leather and surface wear on the synthetic underside

He arrived in France on 7 June 1916 and saw action throughout the fighting at Ypres (June 1916) where he won his first Military Medal on the Somme

with two gilded zink rank pips

surrounded by the inscription LANDWIRTSCHAFTSKAMMER FÜR DIE PROVINZ SCHLESIEN (CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE PROVINCE OF SILESIA)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive The visor exhibits crazing and(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 a central threaded post retaining an original silver cruciform backplate and