Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity a number of submarines held

a number of submarines held in reserve and manned by skeleton crews

while the reverse was plain and featured applicable metal and maker marks

The name is illegible

He was Mentioned in Despatches around this time

The letter was sent from the National Air Raid Protection League Group 5 (Württemberg-Baden) to Miss Maria Staudinger in Karlsruhe (Baden)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity a number of submarines held(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 is plain and bears a vertical pinback with a round wire catch, marked 900 on pin with old museum mark