Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Rare Case for Austrian-Style Ribbon Archive and Victory Medal (47632 PTE

and Victory Medal (47632 PTE

Both the top and bottom edges of the cap band are trimmed with light green piping

Instituted 15 September 1884 by Großherzog Friedrich Franz IV

and Victory Medal (424239 PTE

McCulloch originally with the 69th Battalion before being transferred to the 85th in November 1918

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Rare Case for Austrian-Style Ribbon Archive and Victory Medal (47632 PTE(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold (Austrian style) 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,