Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive Merit Order of Bavarian Crown

Merit Order of Bavarian Crown - Commander’s Cross

85 mm (h) with three thread reinforced buckle holes

(Ehrenzeichen 2

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 126th Infantry Battalion "Peel Battalion" on January 17

a post war SS discharge paper (199x327mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive Merit Order of Bavarian Crown(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 reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback with an unusual tip meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring