Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn United Republic of Memorial Scroll in original shipping

Memorial Scroll in original shipping carton

listing his trade as Farm Hand

engraver marked "KRAFFT F" and inscribed in Latin "JOSEPHUS II

with three nickel-plated metal adornments on the body

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn United Republic of Memorial Scroll in original shipping(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire