A First War German Pair; Reichsverband Pforzheim certificate_of_authenticity Both his parents were born

Both his parents were born in Turkey: his father in the Rhodes Islands

Emperor Maximiliano Military Merit Medal (1864-67) - Silver medal

He was to be in ill health during much of his war service

in die stamped white metal

26mm x 33mm

A First War German Pair; Reichsverband Pforzheim certificate_of_authenticity Both his parents were bornPrussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame, iron core, magnetic, 43. 3 mm); and Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (bronze gilt on iron, maker marked "32" over "R. V. PFORZHEIM" (Reichsverband Pforzheim) on the reverse, 38 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, lightly soiled original ribbons, extremely fine.