Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1957 Version Clasp Province of China both measuring 40 mm (w)

both measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

Military Cross 4th Class Silver Cross 1939 (two-piece construction

the face plate is affixed by four flat tabs

followed by a transfer three weeks later to the 5th Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column on September 24th

the reverse maker marked “R

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1957 Version Clasp Province of China both measuring 40 mm (w)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Wiederholungsspange 1939). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon pinned with a 1957 version of the 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross, 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