An Iron Cross 1St Class 1914; Dedicated In Remembrance Of Champagne & Verdun Archive gilt loss and green oxidation

gilt loss and green oxidation evident on the reverse

Co - Type VI

1917-1918 by the British artist Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) is displayed as part of the Orpen Portraits in the Canadian War Memorials Collection of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa

(God With Us) on the top

later as Midshipman in North America

An Iron Cross 1St Class 1914; Dedicated In Remembrance Of Champagne & Verdun Archive gilt loss and green oxidationSilver frame, with iron core, magnetic, vaulted, engraved "von Zastrow s. l. Mhl z. Erg. an Champagne und Verdun 1915 16." (von Zastrow to my dear friend Mhl in remembrance of Chmpagne and Verdun 1915 16) on the four arms and marked "935" (silver) on the reverse, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by J. H. Werner of Berlin, 42. 2 mm, vertical pinback, extremely high quality, tiny dent on the one arm point on two arms, minor period repair to