Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity He signed his Attestation Paper

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 95th Infantry Battalion

terribly near the Ramsgate base and U-48 making herself a bed in the sands which have swallowed so many vessels up in the past centuries

stamped "1148" on the reverse

scabbard also better than very fine

He served at Gibraltar from January 1910 until resigning his commission on 3 May 1911 and was appointed as a Lieutenant

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity He signed his Attestation Paper(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 catch, unmarked, measuring 42.