Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Ko, With Veterans Association Cross In Silver United Republic of Silver with gold gilded center

Silver with gold gilded center piece with blue enamel affixed with three gold stars on obverse

5 mm (w) x 92 mm (h)

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

He was a resident of Cayuga

Sopwith Camels over the Western Front before disbanding on August 27

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Ko, With Veterans Association Cross In Silver United Republic of Silver with gold gilded center(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Kriegerbund Abzeichen in Silber). 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 a block hinge and vertical pinback