Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of By maker C Gustav Spitzer

By maker C Gustav Spitzer Solingen

Canadian Machine Gun Brigade (father): British War Medal (663038 PTE

white and black threading

and claws completed in golden bullion wire

which was later changed to "V

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of By maker C Gustav Spitzer(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm II 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 Issue). A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Pate of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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,