Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Late-Issue Award Document, To Gerhard Bogisch Hold with a central white rayon

with a central white rayon disc measuring 85 mm in diameter

dated October 14

74 mm (w) x 44

(Wehrmacht Verleihungsurkunden)

1922 and served aboard the Torpedo Boat (Schnellboot) S26 within the 1st Schnellbootsflottille as a Obermaschienenmaat (Naval Petty Officer Tenchician)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Late-Issue Award Document, To Gerhard Bogisch Hold with a central white rayon(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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 with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,