Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with machine embroidered script “Afrika”

with machine embroidered script “Afrika” in grey threading

where he was taken on strength at the Canadian Forestry Corps Base Depot at Sunningdale on January 15

75 mm x 74 mm

Baker was mustered out as a Sergeant and was in that rank when the United States entered the First World War

All accommodation and storage huts were built by the engineers and they were also charged with maintaining sanitation standards

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with machine embroidered script “Afrika”(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a vaulted 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 wide vertical pinback meeting a round