Germany, Imperial. An Award Document For A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold The medal was intended to

The medal was intended to recognize those military service members who had served on active duty between September 8

with gilding mostly gone/worn off)

when swung over the left shoulder

surrounded by the inscription “GOTT MIT UNS” (German - God with us) on the top half

Germany, Imperial. An Award Document For A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold The medal was intended to(Verleihungsurkunde fr Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Constructed of off white paper with black ink, named to recipient HANN on 25 November 1919, issued at Kiel and featuring an early Reichswehr stamp for Bezirkskommando Kiel, issued as a catch up document for a belated wartime decoration or as a rare example of an Iron Cross distributed for Freikorps service, measuring 210 mm (w) x 158 mm (h), with minor fatigue and creasing evident, in very fine