Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Prinzengröße Archive the centre of the armband

the centre of the armband is overlaid by a white cotton diamond bearing a machine-embroidered black mobile swastika

including a Baden Merit Decoration

and to Generalmajor (Major General) in 1942

stating that Simpson had been this way since December of 1916

the neck does not display any detailing but rather is in plain white enamel

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Prinzengröße Archive the centre of the armband(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse, Prinzengre). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a 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