Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive An Imperial Service Medal to

An Imperial Service Medal to Thomas

measuring 62 mm (w) x 46 mm (h)

her “Afrikakorps” Cufftitle

Manescu's father was a Communist Party veteran from Ploiesti

that he had sixteen years' Imperial service (York and Lancaster Regiment) and two an a half years in the CEF (139th Infantry Battalion and 256th Infantry Battalion)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive An Imperial Service Medal to(1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted on 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Consisting of a Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse