Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed the obverse centre bears a

the obverse centre bears a raised circular field of a Weimar republic eagle with outstretched wings

reverse inscribed "ROYAL CALEDONIAN CURLING CLUB DISTRICT MEDAL / INSTITUTED 25 JULY 1838"

a Kanonier (gunner) and Vorgeschobener Beobachter Funker (scout radio operator) in the Signal Echelon of Reserve Artillery Detachment 96

Neilson contracted some sort of illness but his records do not indicate its nature

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed the obverse centre bears a(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic brass 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 a crimped barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting