Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO visually-hidden HJ membership number “5894417”

HJ membership number “5894417”

Nicaraguan Campaign Medal

measuring 330 mm (w) x 410 mm (h)

The Destroyer War Badge award document is named to Signalmeister Giese for serving on board the destroyer “Hans Lody”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO visually-hidden HJ membership number “5894417”(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,