Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class For Non-Combatants, By Alois Rettenmaier Archive marked “DRL” (German League of

marked “DRL” (German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) on the reverse

missing their red wool tongues to be slipped onto the uniform

with the enamels chipped on the lower and right-hand cross

Accompanied by a Letter from the Department of the Navy (addressed to his parents

constructed of veneered caramel-coloured wood with a solid frame

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class For Non-Combatants, By Alois Rettenmaier Archive marked “DRL” (German League of(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core within a wide 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 three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with