Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document Auction Archive 6 cm (w) x 18

6 cm (w) x 18

Footnote: Rolf Hermichen (25 July 1918 – 23 May 2014) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) during World War II

but in 1944 was used in support of the Gibraltar and Sierra Leone convoys

1) An Iron Cross of the Knight’s Cross 1939

serving in the China War 1900-01

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document Auction Archive 6 cm (w) x 18(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 from a replacement tri fold ribbon, 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