An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Second War Manufacture Screw-Back Version Archive Order of Military Merit -

Order of Military Merit - White Distinction - 1st Class - Miniature - Silver gilt and enamels

re-established in 1940

New Brunswick when he neared his sixtieth birthday

blazing and wrecked

surface wear evident on the reverse of the Star and VM

An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Second War Manufacture Screw-Back Version Archive Order of Military Merit -An Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a soldered on nut for screw back attachment, but missing the screw back plate; measuring 44. 43 mm x 44. 33 mm; weighing 16. 1