Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Frame Screwback Variant Republic of Accompanied by its Victory Medal

Accompanied by its Victory Medal Mailing Slip (stamp denoting the three clasps attached to the medal: ST

The latter is also trimmed with a band of white piping

1957 at Bellefontaine Cemetery in Saint Louis

cross without the stepped core

with an unbroken record of exemplary behaviour in the performance of their duties

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Frame Screwback Variant Republic of Accompanied by its Victory Medal(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and brass, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed and silvered brass 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 central threaded screwpost retaining an