Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction Archive 100 Jahrfeier Stadt Castrop-Rauxel badge

100 Jahrfeier Stadt Castrop-Rauxel badge

To Our Trusty and well beloved John Fleming McCracken Gentleman Greeting

obverse centre featuring a Tudor Rose in white metal within a laurel wreath

small contact marks and rubbing to enamels

He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd East Anglian (Howitzer) Brigade Ammunition Column

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction Archive 100 Jahrfeier Stadt Castrop-Rauxel badge(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic brass 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 crimped barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting