An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class certificate_of_authenticity obverse core is scratched/marked up

obverse core is scratched/marked up on the upper arm

and to whom this was reported

and Crimean

mounted to an eight-pointed star base

he died at the age of 21 and is buried at Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery

An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class certificate_of_authenticity obverse core is scratched/marked upAn Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked but illegible it appears that the loop was cracked during the marking process and never repaired; with a correct replacement ribbon; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on