Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Newly Listed Cross in bronze and enamels

Cross in bronze and enamels

Hopcraft was appointed Acting Corporal with pay on January 22

each measuring 40 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

Footnote: The Battle of Santa Rita de Morelos or Battle of Morelos (March 24-25

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Newly Listed Cross in bronze and enamels(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