Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive "1942" and the batch number

"1942" and the batch number

he has become known as the "Liberator of Holland

Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany clasp

of Lüdenscheid”

1883 to Unteroffizier (NCO)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive "1942" and the batch number(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with a silver content