Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class By The Stuttgart Mint Hold with preliminary AND official awards

with preliminary AND official awards documents (awarded on 25

Steward was slated to embark for the French theatre with the rest of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles on September 22

1919 at Bramshott

He later saw four advancements in rank: to Captain (1856)

responsible for mass killings of Jews and civilians in occupied territories during the war

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class By The Stuttgart Mint Hold with preliminary AND official awards(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original 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 oclcok arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak