Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, by Paul Meybauer Hold he was appointed a Brigadier

he was appointed a Brigadier General of Volunteers May 1898

FIRST PRIVATE PORT ROWAN INFANTRY CO

at home in Berchtesgaden

measuring 15 mm (w) x 22 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, by Paul Meybauer Hold he was appointed a Brigadier(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire