An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Screwback Version Hold (501 Cpl Richard Punch 7th

(501 Cpl Richard Punch 7th Hussars) Naming is in official British Army impressed block capitals

the reverse of the sweatband has no visible markings

serving for just shy of twenty-nine months

numbered "25"

he also served as Kriegstagebuchführer (war journal record keeper) in the Führer Headquarters “Wolfsschanze”

An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Screwback Version Hold (501 Cpl Richard Punch 7thAn Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse; screwback version; white metal 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 with a complete screw back assembly consisting of a nut, backing plate, and a screw piece to fasten the Iron Cross