Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity 85th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia

85th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" Shoulder Title (pickled copper

minor edge nicks on the QSA

certificate for the Austrian Merit Cross in Silver with Crown

the other lug broken off)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity 85th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia(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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a backplate in the shape of a Cross Patte, in turn secured in