Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Unteroffizier Holzmann Hold Fowles reverted to the rank

Fowles reverted to the rank of Private at his own request upon being transferred to the 2nd Infantry Battalion for overseas service in the French theatre

‘G3840 Coinderoux Paris’

Swing mounted by Spink & Son

measuring 32

unmarked however exhibits the manufacturing characteristics typical of maker Karl Poellath

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Unteroffizier Holzmann Hold Fowles reverted to the rank(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 with 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 central oak leaves, the six oclock