Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Unusual Ribbon to a Bavarian Recipient Republic of as a result of "stress

as a result of "stress of service"

Second Class Albert Welch

1918 in St

He also worked for Joh

1956 by King Frederik IX

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Unusual Ribbon to a Bavarian Recipient Republic of as a result of "stress(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from an unique combined Iron Cross and Bavarian Military Merit Cross 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