Germany, Imperial. A First War Iron Cross 1914 Patriotic Mug Newly Listed also set with fine old

also set with fine old cut genuine diamonds

The Distinguished Service Cross is equivalent to the Navy and Marine Corps' Navy Cross

He was now without funds to support himself or his family and the treatment in the sanatorium would now assure his continuance of pay

marked "SECOND NICARAGUAN" and numbered "No 8624" on the lid

(the rank of Obersturmführer was considered the equivalent of an Oberleutnant in the German Wehrmacht)

Germany, Imperial. A First War Iron Cross 1914 Patriotic Mug Newly Listed also set with fine old(Kaffeetasse). A well preserved First World War patriotic mug, constructed of glazed white porcelain, with a curved and protruding handle, one side of the mug featuring an intricate, multi coloured, transfer printed design consisting of a 1914 Iron Cross set within a laurel and oak leaf wreath, also painted with a red, white, and black tri colour motif near the rim, unmarked, measuring 88 mm (w) x 82 mm (h), some loss of paint if evident but the mug