Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Prinzengröße Archive and to Generalmajor (Major General)

and to Generalmajor (Major General) in 1942

on the original sash ribbon

the centre of the armband is overlaid by a white cotton diamond bearing a machine-embroidered black mobile swastika

stating that Simpson had been this way since December of 1916

measuring 45 mm (w) x 108 mm (l)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Prinzengröße Archive and to Generalmajor (Major General)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse, Prinzengre). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, 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