Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Auction Archive it seems more likely that

it seems more likely that whoever was collecting the information for the book on DSO recipients got thoroughly confused between father and 2 sons (Lieutenant Colonel

He was acknowledged again in a War Office communique of August 13

and covering distances too small for bush planes yet much too great for walking

The document is signed in blue ink by Naval Captain and Commander of the Naval Defense Crimea

Monetny Dvor maker marked and number hand engraved "2738468" on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Auction Archive it seems more likely that(1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse) Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm II 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 Issue). A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Pate of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper