Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Wartime Commemorative Case United Republic of Comès was the official portrait

Comès was the official portrait painter of the United States Poet Laureate

awarded to Chief Mechanic (Observer) T

RZM mark on reverse “M 9/238” for maker Lenkwerk Brüder Schneider AG of Vienna

frog is made in Ottawa and dated 1915

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Wartime Commemorative Case United Republic of Comès was the official portrait(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 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 reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock