Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive A Schwarzburg Sondershausen War Merit

A Schwarzburg Sondershausen War Merit Medal 1914 - Silver

but then discharged in early 1939 based on his age

Footnote: Private George Mendham was killed 02/12/1917 and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial

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Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive A Schwarzburg Sondershausen War Merit(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of vaulted 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 a wide block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch,