Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Hold War Merit Cross 2nd Class

War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords - Bronze

then later transferred as a reinforcement to the 54th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion"

The third letter is sent and signed by Ulrich Keßler (1894–1983)

that his religion as Church of England and that his occupation was that of Labourer

while the right side has a central interlocking tab illustrating a fleur-de-lis on a pebbled background

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Hold War Merit Cross 2nd Class(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original narrow version 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 an reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the