Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive The regiment amalgamated with the

The regiment amalgamated with the 1st Battalion Prince of Wales Regiment May 24th 1898 as the Prince of Wales Regiment Fusiliers

despite minor enamel loss

1943 and is signed by a military doctor whose name is indecipherable

Second "Revised" Edition

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive The regiment amalgamated with the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse bearing 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 a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire