Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Hold Group of Four: Queen's South

Group of Four: Queen's South Africa Medal

and with a piece of paper stating “Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2

The Hera sheltered at Clallam Bay for a week as continual storms chewed up the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Instituted 25 June 1926

with Bronze Star

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Hold Group of Four: Queen's South(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire