Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer, C. 1940 Republic of The interior is fully encompassed

The interior is fully encompassed along the side walls with a brown leather sweatband measuring 42 mm in width

He achieved the rank of Lieutenant on August 28

England and upon his enlistment with the Royal Navy in Chatham

as well as along the spine in black

47 mm x 70 mm inclusive of its oak leaf cluster loop suspension

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer, C. 1940 Republic of The interior is fully encompassed(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). Constructed of neusilber, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a black painted non magnetic core within a ribbed and silvered 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 crimped hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round wire