Germany, Imperial; Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Iron Crosses II Class, 1914 and 1939 Issue visually-hidden when he was Killed in

when he was Killed in Action while in the trenches near Vimy

and with nice old patina

Footnote: Julius Alfred "Papa" Ringel (16 November 1889 – 11 February 1967) was an Austrian-born German General of Mountain Troops (General der Gebirgstruppen)

the 1st Battalion suffered such causalities that it had no officers left and only eighty men

A vacation certificate (295x209mm

Germany, Imperial; Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Iron Crosses II Class, 1914 and 1939 Issue visually-hidden when he was Killed in1. A 1914 award, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original 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 with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock