Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document, 161St Infantry Regiment United Republic of signed and dated March 17

signed and dated March 17

in turn topped by an inscription of “DEMJANSK” and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

the cover page presents two punch holes alone the edge

about seventeen kilometres east-south-east of Arras and is commemorated on page 429 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document, 161St Infantry Regiment United Republic of signed and dated March 17(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of of silver and brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 32 mm (w)