Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Hold and Civil Service Long Service

and Civil Service Long Service Medal

with dark blue piping around the edges of the straps (indicating medical branch)

with the inscription VITAM ET SANGVINEM (WITH LIFE AND BLOOD)

Seidel was a Rottwachtmeister (Corporal) with the Schutzpolizei in Munich

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Hold and Civil Service Long Service(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a