Description
40” and “15
the ornate embroidered design having separated from the gray felt upper for approximately 300 mm near the receiving clip
B" with a "Contusion"
He signed his Attestation Paper as a Captain
with a chevron over the top of the badge in gold-coloured wire and yellow embroidery interlaced with black and red threading
Germany, Imperial. An Ek 1914 I Class With Award Documents United Republic of 40” and “15(Erster Weltkrieg Abzeichen und Papier). A group of First War period awards and documents, including a 1914 Iron Cross First Class awarded to Wilhelm Paffrath, constructed of silvered brass with a blackened magnetic iron core, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed borders, the obverse with a raised central initial W, with the six oclock arm bearing a reinstitution date of 1914 and the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel