Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold in gilded zink with minor

in gilded zink with minor traces of gilt remaining

He was sentenced to death by hanging

The Peninsula) on an cream-coloured paper stock

measuring 810 mm x 95 mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold in gilded zink with minor(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 a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire