Germany, Imperial. An Award Document for a 1914 Iron Cross II Class
(Verleihungsurkunde für Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Constructed of off-white paper with black ink, named to recipient “HANN” on 25 November 1919, issued at Kiel and featuring an early Reichswehr stamp for Bezirkskommando Kiel, issued as a catch-up document for a belated wartime decoration or as a rare example of an Iron Cross distributed for Freikorps service, measuring 210 mm (w) x 158 mm (h), with minor fatigue and creasing evident, in very fine condition.

