Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document, 161St Infantry Regiment United Republic of 148 mm x 212 mm)

148 mm x 212 mm)

measuring 40 mm (w) x 46

about seventeen kilometres east-south-east of Arras and is commemorated on page 429 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

in the shape of a wreath consisting of oak leaves

was promoted to Band Corporal on probation on January 11

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document, 161St Infantry Regiment United Republic of 148 mm x 212 mm)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of of silver and brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 32 mm (w)