Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Feldwebel-Leutnant Hans Schmelzpfenning Auction with ribbon inscribed with a

with ribbon inscribed with a maker’s mark of “Fabricantes Houss Hmos

the crew headed for Manston Airfield in Kent

before their arrival at Vimy Ridge

98th Infantry Division

fourth row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one silver and four bronze stars

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Feldwebel-Leutnant Hans Schmelzpfenning Auction with ribbon inscribed with a(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with