Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed Lord Strathcona's Horse - Royal

Lord Strathcona's Horse - Royal Canadians (red embroidered wool lettering on green felt

when the United States declared its entry into the First World War

was a noted cultural worker

The second letter is dated to Würzburg on August 2

on guard duty

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed Lord Strathcona's Horse - Royal(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a vaulted 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 wide vertical pinback meeting a round