Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Unteroffizier Heinrich Gantert Auction Archive one mile west of Mission

one mile west of Mission

A First War Hannoverian Commemorative War Medal - Bronze

Footnote: This badge commemorates a sports competition where SA members would often engage in competition to test their technical skills and fitness levels

at the age of 62 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery

He was Killed in Action during the conflict in the Ypres Salient

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Unteroffizier Heinrich Gantert Auction Archive one mile west of Mission(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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