The interior is lined in black rayon
with original case of issue inscribed in German and Czech
the Central Mediterranean Area and Continental Europe during the Second World War
" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker marked "SCHMIDHAUSSLER PFORZHEIM"
Romolo and his brother both enlisted into the 79th Manitoba Battalion on November 1915
Germany, Imperial. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii, Centenary Display Piece Auction Archive The interior is lined in(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse, Museumsstck). 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 three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a royal crown, unmarked, measuring 43. 27 mm (w) x 47. 58 mm (h), a centenary