Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class for Non-Combatants Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and pinned with a single

and pinned with a single magnetic metal Danziger-style Totenkopf device

Footnote: Records indicate that Vasily Kirillovich Zakharov was an academic and scientist dedicated to the research of forestry

A transparent plastic rectangular moisture guard remains intact on the crown

Henry James Sheppard of Niagara Falls

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class for Non-Combatants Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and pinned with a single(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a Third Reich period non combatants 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