Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Hold Instituted 25 June 1926

Instituted 25 June 1926

Hessentag in Kassel badge

Accompanied by copies of his Service Records (with some of the entries "blacked out")

and with a piece of paper stating “Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2

with Bronze Star

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Hold Instituted 25 June 1926(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 reverse with an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire