Germany, Imperial. A Grand Cross Breast Star To The 1914 Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Souval, C.1955 Buy Now He was taken on strength

He was taken on strength at the Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton on August 18th and sailed for Canada from Liverpool

CEF until the eye has been removed and an artificial one supplied at the public expense

following the armistice with Germany

“salty” version

Germany, Imperial. A Grand Cross Breast Star To The 1914 Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Souval, C.1955 Buy Now He was taken on strength(Bruststern zum Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze with neusilber and iron, consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, the obverse bearing a central 1914 Iron Cross consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, 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