Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example United Republic of 7) A Mecklenburg-Schwerin Order of

7) A Mecklenburg-Schwerin Order of the Wendish Crown ribbon

crown and miniature star circa 1914-17 period manufacture

January 12

including a Heer Western Front veteran’s folding knife

Turnbull embarked the United Kingdom on June 11 1944

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example United Republic of 7) A Mecklenburg-Schwerin Order of(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). 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 restitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire