Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By K.a.g. Newly Listed A Prussian Military Long Service

A Prussian Military Long Service Bar

rose cockades on either side

(Nahkampfspange

Another sign on a barricade states "CANADIAN FRONT LINE"

Widenmann died in 1949

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By K.a.g. Newly Listed A Prussian Military Long Service(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918) 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker