A German Imperial Service Pair; Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster GTRexclude An 1870 Iron Cross 2nd

An 1870 Iron Cross 2nd Class with Jubilee Spange and 1914 Bar - 41

rising in rank to Able Seaman on May 17

he made his way to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp before joining the 16th Infantry Battalion in the field for another foray into the French theatre on October 6th

on to another hostile battery where a gun pit was destroyed

A German Imperial Service Pair; Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster GTRexclude An 1870 Iron Cross 2ndA German Imperial Service Pair; Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame, iron core, magnetic, maker marked "D" on the ring, 42. 7 mm); and Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (bronze gilt on iron, maker marked "I. C. M." on the reverse, 37. 5 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, marked "D. R. G. M." (Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster) on the suspension frame, original