An Unusual Cased Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Silver Counter Plated Version Auction 20th Infantry Battalion "1st Central

20th Infantry Battalion "1st Central Ontario Battalion"

Reserve Long Service Medal

Accompanied by photograph of veteran to which the medal was awarded

Type I - Die-stamped silvered aluminum with black enamels

About a week after we got there

An Unusual Cased Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Silver Counter Plated Version Auction 20th Infantry Battalion "1st CentralAn unusual Iron Cross 1914 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse; silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal 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 marked 800, as well as M. v. R., and with two threaded studs, one on the reverse of the upper arm, and