Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Newly Listed maker marked "ZIN-KOVNICA" on the

maker marked "ZIN-KOVNICA" on the vertical pinback

A 1937 Gautreffen Westfalen Nord badge

numbered "110098" on the buttonhole attachment

eighteen days shy of his twenty-third birthday

inscribed "1898 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR / FOR HUMANITY'S SAKE"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Newly Listed maker marked "ZIN-KOVNICA" on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 central threaded lug retaining an original