Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To M. Bauer, Ypres Engraved Archive at “Gefechtsstand” (combat headquarters)

at “Gefechtsstand” (combat headquarters)

the visor is constructed of Vulkanfiber with a subtly raised lip at the forward edge

with a Diana’s head silver mark

Accompanied by a reproduced studio photograph of Jeckstat with his wife Trudel Jung

until being transferred back to the hospital ship USS Relief on October 13th

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To M. Bauer, Ypres Engraved Archive at “Gefechtsstand” (combat headquarters)(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 ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the reverse bearing an engraved inscription of YPERN 1. MAI 1915, M. BAUER,