Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed to RCAF Station Rockcliffe

to RCAF Station Rockcliffe

3 mm) on a suspension with swing bar pinback

with “Eisernes Kreuz 2

consisting of 1) A Boutonniere with an Iron Cross 1914 Second Class ribbon

He followed his service in India with service during the Boer War

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed to RCAF Station Rockcliffe(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 lug retaining an original backplate and nut, unmarked, measuring 42. 68 mm (w)