Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Document To Leutnant Adam Gotz Auction Archive and bronze) that furthered the

and bronze) that furthered the German war effort my inventing new inventions

describing in detail his experiences while a prisoner of the Japanese

The back of the holster has a wide belt strap stitched in place and is named in handwritten black ink "HAGEN T" on the underside of the weather flap

two straps attached to the belt patch

A four armed silver star with a white star affixed including green enameled laurels in each quadrant

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Document To Leutnant Adam Gotz Auction Archive and bronze) that furthered theA 1914 Iron Cross I Class, (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. 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 is plain and bears a vertical pinback and round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 55 mm (w) x 42.