Front reads: "Ich hatt einen Kameraden" I had a comrade, back reads: "Am Schmuck der Ruhestätten unserer Tapferen half wer dieses Eisenzeichen nahm". Those who took this iron mark helped decorate the resting places of our brave ones.
German Iron Donation Medal for patriots of WW1. German Iron Medal (Eisenmedaille), The Medal was a private issue medal given to those who contributed jewellery to a fund, for the care of rest homes or graveyards for veterans of the First World War.
