Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Late-Issue Award Document, To Gerhard Bogisch Hold dated October 14

dated October 14

8 mm (h) inclusive of its crown

as part of the 4th Battleship Squadron and participated in patrols in the North Sea with the Grand Fleet

(Wehrmacht Verleihungsurkunden)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Late-Issue Award Document, To Gerhard Bogisch Hold dated October 14(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,