that he was Single and that his trade was that of Fitter
with a white strap bearing a maker’s mark of “DESCHLER & SOHN
vertically aligned stitched eyelets on either side of the waistline for the belt support hooks
on a cream-coloured card stock
and bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping
Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, by A. Werner & Söhne Auction Archive that he was Single and(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). 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 restitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves,