Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Carl Dillenius, with Case Province of China the edges trimmed in white

the edges trimmed in white

Lowder was transferred from the 34th Infantry Battalion to Headquarters S

the obverse bearing a central Olympic column

printed in black ink on a coated white paper stock

Army Cross 1813-14 (KANONENKREUZ)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Carl Dillenius, with Case Province of China the edges trimmed in white(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire