Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed which resulted in heavy casualties

which resulted in heavy casualties on both sides

He was a resident of Winnpeg when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (718926) with the 107th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Battalion"

a platoon leader in the 10th Company of Infantry Regiment 383 (Croatian)

mounting paper residue evident on the reverse from previous board mounting

Swing mounted as worn group of five

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed which resulted in heavy casualties(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,