Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, K.a.g. Archive during which he was shot

during which he was shot down or forced to crash-land 17 times

the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords on November 15

The letter is dated to August 10

For his long service in the 94th Victoria Regiment "Argyll Highlanders"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, K.a.g. Archive during which he was shot(1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse) Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm II 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 Issue). A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Pate of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper