Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Hold Putnam’s Sons

Putnam’s Sons

the interior with a purple satin-type lid liner bearing a manufacturer’s label

and Doubs and the Territoire de Belfort

Footnote: The 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance was organized on August 6

with all the accessories remaining fully intact

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Hold Putnam’s Sons(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 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,