Germany, Imperial. A Pair of First World War Combat Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the handle grip consisting of

the handle grip consisting of a single pieces of ribbed off-white celluloid

and went out to France with the 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion - the Battalion being better known as the ‘Suicide Battalion’ due to the enormous losses it suffered

chipping and crazing evident in the white enamels on the arms on both sides and in the blue enamels on the reverse centrepiece ring

A matching set of Flak/Artillery Leutnant collar tabs

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of First World War Combat Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the handle grip consisting of(Auszeichnungen). A pair of First World War combat awards, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked