An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; 800 Silver Marked Auction 2nd Canadian Motorized Machine Gun

2nd Canadian Motorized Machine Gun Brigade and served in the French theatre

comprising: Grand Cross

reverse engraved with the recipient's name "F

Girouard with a strength of 21 officers and 415 other ranks

Rejected as unfit

An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; 800 Silver Marked Auction 2nd Canadian Motorized Machine GunA textbook example of a first war period German Imperial Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse; silver frame with a blackened iron core (magnetic); broad vertical pinback (marked 800 for silver content), with a fine barrel hinge and a round wire catch; measuring 42. 26 mm x 42. 22 mm; weighing 17. 3 grams; better than very fine condition. (C: 162)