Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Imperial Time Expired Soldiers League

Imperial Time Expired Soldiers League Member's Badge (Teikoku Zaiko Gunjin Kai): two-piece construction

measures 185mm (w) x 160mm (l) x 70mm (d)

in turn situated above a Reichsbetriebsnummer (RBNr

The other escorts in the group had been caught up chasing contacts and did not realize that Spikenard was gone until she failed to answer repeated radio calls

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Imperial Time Expired Soldiers League(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 restitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire