Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed sharp flat tip with blood

sharp flat tip with blood grooves (fullers) on both sides and marked "GES

marked RZM 155/40 flanked by the SS Runes under the roller bar

marked 900 and 21 (for Godet

Hipkiss signed his first Attestation Paper as a Private (53686) with the 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment"

According to Bristol

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed sharp flat tip with blood(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original 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, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock