Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document United Republic of 3 mm bronze Royal Artillery

3 mm bronze Royal Artillery cap badge on the left side

although by April 26th

illustrating the late wife of Emperor Franz Joseph

Allen appears never to have mentally recovered from this particular incident

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document United Republic of 3 mm bronze Royal Artillery(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a replacement tri fold 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 reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse