Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version Hold issued to Wilhelm Koch

issued to Wilhelm Koch

the latter two living at home when he was Killed in Action in Vietnam

Accompanied by his WWI Canadian Pay Book for Use on Active Service

depicting a cornflower

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version Hold issued to Wilhelm Koch(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate wnt nut, the twelve oclock arm stamped with a silver