Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Leutnant Richter Province of China and in 1957

and in 1957

An illegible heat code is stamped onto the back of the skirt

VIII Class (Kyokujitsu_sho)

A “Postsparbuch” (bank book) from the German Reich Mail (Deutsche Reichspost) of one Gerhard Anderle

depicting AH delivering a speech

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Leutnant Richter Province of China and in 1957(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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