Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wagner & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity In zinc with red enamels

In zinc with red enamels

The pallbearers at his funeral were members of the Canadian Legion and he was buried in the St

2445 Sergeant William Allan

the son of John Bruford and Ann Bruford (nee Jones)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wagner & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity In zinc with red enamels(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 narrow block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round