Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm Ii Patriotic Silver Medal Auction well-stitched together along the rear

well-stitched together along the rear seam

one clasp: Mongalla 1915-16 2nd type

The collection consists of: an Iron Cross 2nd Class award document (140x200mm

a highly decorated veteran of the Afrika Korps and Hermann Göring Division who received the Knight’s Cross for meritorious actions at the Second Battle of El Alamein

the reverse with a central applique bearing red dates “1864-1914” on a white enameled background

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm Ii Patriotic Silver Medal Auction well-stitched together along the rear(Patriotischer Medaille in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised rightward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by an inscription of ICH KENNE KEINE PARTEIEN MEHR, ICH KENNE NUR DEUTSCHE (I KNOW NOT OF PARTIES ANYMORE, I KNOW ONLY OF GERMANS), with a date of 4. 8. 1914, the reverse bearing a central raised sword topped by a date of 1914, flanked by an inscription of IN AUFGEDRUNGENER NOTWEHR MIT REINEM GEWISSEN UND