Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case Archive Footnote: Leading Seaman (Gunner) Kenneth

Footnote: Leading Seaman (Gunner) Kenneth Childs

before returning to the sanatorium

Stitched onto the tunic above the upper right breast pocket is an insignia in the form of a dark grey wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

mounted to a silvered metal cross base

Member IV Class (Manya-Nepal-Tara)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case Archive Footnote: Leading Seaman (Gunner) Kenneth(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold 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 reverse with