Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class By The Stuttgart Mint Newly Listed A 1934 HJ Westmark-Saar-Koblenz Rally

A 1934 HJ Westmark-Saar-Koblenz Rally badge (16-17

with Stinson later joining the 28th Infantry Battalion "North West Regiment" in the French theatre

Gibbon was quoted as saying: "I belong -- or did belong -- to a service wherein all orders must be obeyed without question

near very fine overall

beautiful detail in the wreathing and cap badge

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class By The Stuttgart Mint Newly Listed A 1934 HJ Westmark-Saar-Koblenz Rally(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a convex 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch with a unique functional