Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Sy & Wagner certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Henry Francis Bruce Gape

Footnote: Henry Francis Bruce Gape was born on April 15

Second postcard illustrates two Italian soldiers in the foreground

A bottle is such a dangerous thing to pack in one's knapsack that as a rule we fill our fountain pens and keep them for addressing envelopes or writing important field messages

black painted handles

and Pocket-Sized New Testament (cloth-bound hardcover

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Sy & Wagner certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Henry Francis Bruce Gape(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