Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Musketier Josef Birkenberger certificate_of_authenticity The blouse closes with five

The blouse closes with five pebbled magnetic metal buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

1910-1931 issue

Footnote: Joseph Evangeliste Bureau was born in Compton

An 1879 Emperor Franz Joseph and Emperor Elisabeth Elisabeth 25th wedding anniversary two guilder coin

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Musketier Josef Birkenberger certificate_of_authenticity The blouse closes with five(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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