Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1936 certificate_of_authenticity and featuring a 218 mm

and featuring a 218 mm nickel-plated magnetic steel blade

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “ЗА ТРУДОЛЮБІЕ И ИХКУССТВО ОТЪ МНИНИСТЕРСТВА ФИНАНСОВЪ” (“FOR DILIGENCE AND ART FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE”)

the organization that ran the Winter Relief program

likely indicating a more recent removal of a frog which protected the surface

5) A shooting qualification booklet from 1941stating that Förster is an Oberrottenführer in Gefolgschaft (Company) 6 in the same Bann and District as before

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1936 certificate_of_authenticity and featuring a 218 mm(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 with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the