Germany – Imperial – Prussia: Group of three awards to a recipient of the Iron Cross 1914 2nd Class; Honour Cross 1914-1918 with Swords, makers marked ‘A. & S’ on reverse; and the Kaiser Wilhelm I Centenary Medal 1897. Court mounted German style as worn on original ribbons, the red felt backing now almost fully eaten away by moth damage.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
The Kaiser Wilhelm I Centenary Medal 1897 was awarded on 22 March 1897, the hundredth birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I, to all military on active service and to the veterans of the wars of 1864, 1866 and 1870. It was made from Danish, Austrian and French cannon captured in those wars.