Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed GTRexclude Footnote: The 97th light Infantry

Footnote: The 97th light Infantry Division was stationed in Bavaria until May 1941 and then redeployed to be a part of Army Group South on the Eastern Front in the attack on Russia

and was buried on the 17th in Wimereux Communal Cemetery

bronze gilt and red enamelled suspension with pinback)

measuring 88mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed GTRexclude Footnote: The 97th light Infantry(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, bearing a