Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed He was promoted to the

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel

the obverse centre bears a raised circular field of a Weimar republic eagle with outstretched wings

she began flooding uncontrollably and went down again off the Isles of Shoals at 42°53′N 70°37′W

Neilson contracted some sort of illness but his records do not indicate its nature

a Kanonier (gunner) and Vorgeschobener Beobachter Funker (scout radio operator) in the Signal Echelon of Reserve Artillery Detachment 96

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed He was promoted to the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic brass 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 crimped barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting