Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive disembarking at Al Qantarah El

disembarking at Al Qantarah El Sharqiyya (AKA Kantara

crazing evident in the white enamels on the beads butting the voided areas at the base of the crown on the reverse

two portepees sewn to the bottom

and Gold Grade: awarded to medal recipients of the three previous levels with forty years' service

It states that Unteroffizier (NCO) Herbert Miehrig of the Staff Battery on Flak Regiment 18 has been awarded the Krimschild (Crimea Shield)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive disembarking at Al Qantarah El(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,