Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, By Sy & Wagner Auction Archive 1904-1905 War Medal (instituted in

1904-1905 War Medal (instituted in 1906

He was buried on September 4

After unsuccessfully seeking medical care in the United States

presumably the Somme: "It was like Hades with (the) lid off"

spotting on the obverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, By Sy & Wagner Auction Archive 1904-1905 War Medal (instituted in(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 three