Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document Archive Beginning his service in July

Beginning his service in July 1852 and finishing in February of 1872

and below it a second signature in black ink

he was struck off strength of the 147th Infantry Battalion to the 8th Reserve Battalion on January 1

1st American Regiment on December 1

the other bearing two silvered bronze rank pips

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document Archive Beginning his service in July(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a replacement tri fold ribbon, consisting of a 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse