Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Carl Dillenius GTRexclude mounted to an eight-point silver

mounted to an eight-point silver star base with multiple emanating rays

He was baptized in the Eastern Orthodox Church

HEMSLEY MONTREAL" on the reverse

top tip of 9 o’clock arm slightly bent up

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Carl Dillenius GTRexclude mounted to an eight-point silver(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 an elongated block hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a