Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Archive Ten Sleeve Crowns (nine from

Ten Sleeve Crowns (nine from multiple eras

he was granted a Regular Army Emergency Commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery (September 16

as well as his dog tag

It is generally very well preserved without any rips or tears

the 502nd (commanded by Colonel George Van Horn Moseley) parachuted into Normandy alongside the 101st Airborne Division

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Archive Ten Sleeve Crowns (nine from(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a