Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version GTRexclude First War 31st Infantry Battalion

First War 31st Infantry Battalion "Alberta Regiment" Cap Badge (in pickled brass

the beloved husband of Molly Flavelle

then to promoted to Lieutenant Colonel with the Coast Artillery Corps

illustrating and documenting the history of the various Orders

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version GTRexclude First War 31st Infantry Battalion(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 central threaded channel retaining an original silvered zink