Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Integral Memorial Photo consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac According to the address on

According to the address on the back Schmeling lived in the town of Hollenstedt

on a moisture-resistant thick parchment paper stock

copyrighted by the author and Lionel Leventhal Limited in 1983

Instituted 18 August 1895 by Kaiser Wilhelm II

He and a companion

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Integral Memorial Photo consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac According to the address on(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Foto). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 reverse with a wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a