Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Footnote: Karl Wilhelm Bauer was

Footnote: Karl Wilhelm Bauer was born on 28 March 1905 in Singhofen

three Discharge Certificates

IV Class for three years' previous service

trimmed with gold bullion wire

Transpt Dept Madras

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Footnote: Karl Wilhelm Bauer was(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse bearing a central initial W, the six ocock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,