Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Dedicated To A Veteran Of The West African Theatre consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac First Service Command

First Service Command

Footnote: The Landesschiessen was made up of Tirolean veterans from the Great War who were effectively in the reserve for Second World War service

McCampbell was called back and commissioned as an ensign in the U

2nd Class 1939 (bronze

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Dedicated To A Veteran Of The West African Theatre consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac First Service Command(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, bearing an