Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Case and Award Document, to Unteroffizier Grolman Hold At the age of nine

At the age of nine

in uniform with a Südost Steiermark unit insignia clearly visible

the only son of Edwin William Myles (born in Dorset Cranbourne

The New Zealand Air Force 1912-1920 and Royal New Zealand Air Force 1937-1945

and is stamped “Q64” for “Quist” and size “64”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Case and Award Document, to Unteroffizier Grolman Hold At the age of nine(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui und Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original 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