Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive Footnote: Benjamin Fernald enlisted as

Footnote: Benjamin Fernald enlisted as a Private with 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

along with chipping and repair evident in the green enamels on both sides

advanced up a hill toward enemy machine gun nests

He served with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles in South Africa

inscribed “SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS” (“IF GOD IS WITH US

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive Footnote: Benjamin Fernald enlisted as(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A 1914 Iron Cross, II Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original institution date 1813 in raised