Germany, Empire. An Iron Cross 1914, I. Class, with its Presentation Case United Republic of topped by a bronze and

topped by a bronze and patinated bakelite/resin German national eagle

Having reorganized the administration there and reduced the powerful King

82nd Airborne Division and XVIII Airborne Groups

reverse inscribed in pencil "Hauptmann v

(inflammation of the connecting tissue) in his left foot

Germany, Empire. An Iron Cross 1914, I. Class, with its Presentation Case United Republic of topped by a bronze and(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Re Instituted August 5th, 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, straight vertical pinback, and right ward