Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed each constructed of cardboard-reinforced light

each constructed of cardboard-reinforced light green wool and bearing fours bands of silver aluminum wire piping

this time to the 5th Infantry Battalion for overseas service in the French theatre on December 31

Hawkins found himself in the field with the 19th on March 2

Smart joined the Royal Navy in 1875 and served until December 1884

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed each constructed of cardboard-reinforced light(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 a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch,