Germany, Empire. A I. Class Iron Cross 1914 GTRexclude overlaying a copper base with

overlaying a copper base with maple leaf and independent crown

the Battalion not identified on the paper but possibly the 50th Infantry Battalion

badge weighs 24

4th Class (bronze gilt with blue enamels

he enlisted in the 89th (Alberta) Battalion at Hanna in November 1915 and arrived in England in June 1916

Germany, Empire. A I. Class Iron Cross 1914 GTRexclude overlaying a copper base with(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Instituted on 5. 10. 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Issued 1914 1918). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, marked K. O for