Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To M. Bauer, Ypres Engraved Archive Footnote: The cross was established

Footnote: The cross was established in 1943 and was awarded to officers

A NSDAP Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt/National Socialist People’s Welfare

Accompanied by a reproduced studio photograph of Jeckstat with his wife Trudel Jung

was re-designated as the 1st Battalion

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To M. Bauer, Ypres Engraved Archive Footnote: The cross was established(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the reverse bearing an engraved inscription of YPERN 1. MAI 1915, M. BAUER,