Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Kp Auction I award to Gefreiten Heinrich

I award to Gefreiten Heinrich Thies the Pilot’s Badge

trimmed with twisted and rolled rose-pink piping

and Soviet POWs were also housed there

unmarked with the exception of a hand-etched owner’s name of “GABRIEL” set across the three and nine o’clock arms

a small Austrian-German pin

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Kp Auction I award to Gefreiten Heinrich(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 three central oak leaves, the six oclock