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

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

8 mm (h) inclusive of its crown

An impressive and highly desirable enameled white cross Pattée in Gold

along with the Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

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,