Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Hold superimposed with a black fur

superimposed with a black fur band bearing a hand-embroidered gold bullion wire leaf design pinned in place by a bronze button depicting a raised paulownia flower

measuring 152 mm x 101 mm

where he served as a Clerk for eight years

marked "BRILL CAP 1943 WINNIPEG CANADA" and size stamped "7 1/8" in white ink in the dome

with three forwarding addresses

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Hold superimposed with a black fur(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918). Constructed of silver and brass, consisting of a convex Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 15 mm (w) x 43. 35 mm (h), weighing 15. 8