Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Der Reserve Heinrich Hofmann United Republic of red and green enamel features

red and green enamel features

It measures 220 mm (w) x 268 mm (h)

20” in hand writing

when a grenade exploded nearby

gilt metal with blue and white enameled insignia

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Der Reserve Heinrich Hofmann United Republic of red and green enamel features(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with a period original ribbon stitched into a parade format, 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