Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Hold and its fall under Cetshwayo

and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu War of 1879

A French Legion of Honour

The recipient is NCO Walter Kretschmer of the 5th Battery of Artillery Regiment 16 (L)

In 2003 History TV broadcast "The Hero's Hero - The Forgotten Life of William Barker

Really quickly he grabbed my hand and then his hands were around me

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Hold and its fall under Cetshwayo(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Schraubbefestigung). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with 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 two threaded screw posts emanating from the six