Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed 44) - For your birthday

44) - For your birthday I am sending you the most cordial congratulations from captivity

black wool forming the base behind the inscription "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" (French for "Shame on Him Who Thinks this Evil") of the garter surrounding the shield

Breast Badge Membership Pin (silver with white and black enamels

known as "unknown maker 10"

the first medal mounted to a five-sided brass suspension with pinback

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed 44) - For your birthday(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). An Iron Cross paty constructed of bronze and blackened core, non magnetic (as iron would rust with exposure to salt water), the obverse centre bears the cipher W (for Wilhelm), the 12 oclock arm bears a crown and the 6 oclock arm bears the date 1914, the reverse is plain and bears a vertical flat pinback with a round wire catch, marked 800, measuring 42. 65 mm (w) x 42. 86