a unique and desirable collection
and is commemorated on Page 549 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
then posted to the Infantry Training Depot at Lytton (Brisbane) on August 27th
A WWI Bavarian Pilots Badge by Karl Pöllath - in silver
Footnote:Wilhelm Thoma was born on November 11
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class With Document To Dr. Von Bayer-Ehrenberg United Republic of a unique and desirable collection(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 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