Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Newly Listed Isle of Man

Isle of Man

early style short armed swastika with crossed hammer and sword

Naming is impressed and the "1942" is engraved on the AFC

WWI Mercantile Marine War Medal - (COLIN ORR)

as a Major with the 6th Field Battery

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Newly Listed Isle of Man(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback bearing a