Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Leutnant Richter Province of China at this point in history

at this point in history holding the rank of major general and serving a brief time in the Führerreserve (officer’s reserve)

An illegible heat code is stamped onto the back of the skirt

VIII Class (Kyokujitsu_sho)

regardless of race

Italians who were closely allied at the outbreak of the War with Croatian authorities also supplied Italian instructors/Officers

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Award Document, to Leutnant Richter Province of China at this point in history(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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