Germany, Empire. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations ( Iron Cross 1914 / Military Merit Cross) GTRexclude reverse illustrating the Laotian coat-of-arms

reverse illustrating the Laotian coat-of-arms

An award document for a 1939 Iron Cross I

in addition to slight material fatigue to the leather elements and portepee

the remaining photo very clean and crisp

The interior content consists of 752 paginated pages of text and indexes

Germany, Empire. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations ( Iron Cross 1914 / Military Merit Cross) GTRexclude reverse illustrating the Laotian coat-of-armsA pair of First World War service decorations, consisting of: 1. Iron Cross 1914 II. Class. (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Re instituted August 5th, 1914. Constructed of iron and silver, on a swivel loop for suspension from its Third Reich period replacement ribbon, 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,