Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914 (3), First Class breast badge (2), silver and with iron centre, the first of domed construction, with original pin hook and hinge, the pin stamped ‘800’; the second of flat construction, with hook and hinge but lacking pin, the reverse stamped ‘800’; Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked, frame of last split, and lacking large ring suspension, this in relic condition, the first two better (3) £160-£200

All three Iron Crosses reputedly retrieved from the battlefield by a member of the American Expeditionary Force during the Meuse Argonne offensive.