Germany, Weimar Republic. An Iron Cross Patriotic Sweetheart Pin 1916 Auction number impressed "079" on the

number impressed "079" on the reverse

arriving in Canada on April 5th

It is dated to the General Hospital Barmbeck in Hamburg on December 5

plunging him into the water where it was twenty-five feet deep

Germany, Weimar Republic. An Iron Cross Patriotic Sweetheart Pin 1916 Auction number impressed "079" on the(Brosche). A First War period German brooch constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band, featuring a black enamelled Iron Cross with oak leaves on either side, reverse presents a horizontal pinback, with a metal banner soldered to the top stating 1914 WELTKRIEG 1916 (1914 WORLD WAR 1916), measures 37 mm (w) x 16 mm (h), and in overall extremely fine condition.