Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Sy & Wagner Hold while the explosive speed boats

while the explosive speed boats were operated in units of three with two boats carrying 660-800 lbs of explosives

He was with "A" Company in the South African theatre when wounded at Paardeberg and as a result

maker marked "GARDINO SUCC

In luftwaffe blue/grey wool & rayon blend construction with fold down side and back panels with a scalloped from with two blue buttons

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Sy & Wagner Hold while the explosive speed boats(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked S W for maker