Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold two of the Construction Company

two of the Construction Company employees confirmed that Beyer and Leard tried to swim ashore

in gilded zink with minor traces of gilt remaining

35 mm (w) x 43

multiple signatures from well-wishers for his two "kills"

page 12223: "For conspicuous gallantry and initiative in command of the reserve battalion between Pouchaux and Premonton

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold two of the Construction Company(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire