Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Der Reserve Heinrich Hofmann Archive dated to August 26

dated to August 26

anker separatly attached

the reverse bearing an inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE BEI DER FAHNE” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE FLAG”) above a wreathed number “12” in Roman numerals

measuring 54 mm (w) x 133 mm (h) each

measuring 58 mm x 42 mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Der Reserve Heinrich Hofmann Archive dated to August 26(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