Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed 1943 on and around the

1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater

(Médaille pour Mérite)

thin wreath variant

with the wreath overlaid by three white-enameled gulls

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed 1943 on and around the(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 an elongated barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a