Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Document To Musketeer Hans Stüben Hold to the 54th Infantry Battalion

to the 54th Infantry Battalion on February 7th and reverted to the rank of Private at his own request on proceeding overseas with the 54th Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre

It was during a stay in England that young Alfried became enamored of the country and adopted the English spelling of his name

1942 in an air fight in his Messerschmitt BF-101

on 50 mm pins)

suspended by an oval laurel wreath also in silver gilt

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Document To Musketeer Hans Stüben Hold to the 54th Infantry BattalionA 1914 Iron Cross II Class by Zeich, Berlin, (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 oclock arm with an