Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Vice Sergeant Erich Martin Newly Listed stencilled in red ink on

stencilled in red ink on a white background "DELICATE INSTRUMENT TO BE HANDLED WITH GREAT CARE" on the front and back panels and "GLASS WITH CARE" on the lid

The recipient is the “Widow Blankenheim” from the town of Kruft

black rayon cufftitle with machine embroidered "Skanderbeg” in silver/grey cotton threads

the reverse with a central inscription of “KRIEGS-VERDIENST” (“WAR MERIT”)

addressed to Mrs

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Vice Sergeant Erich Martin Newly Listed stencilled in red ink on(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with