suspended from hollow royal crown with loop engraved with “309
Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 with Case - Silver
He was one of the first journalists who covered downhill skiing and also wrote about swimming
He was hospitalized for four days at Peace River Military Hospital
The obverse bears a border of oak leaves with a tie at the base
Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot of Iron Crosses Auction suspended from hollow royal crown(Eisernes Kreuz). A mixed lot of Iron Crosses, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 three central oak leaves, the six