Germany, Imperial. An Ek 1914 I Class With Award Documents United Republic of 27 mm x 30

27 mm x 30

Footnote: The medal was founded in 1918 by King Alfonso XIII to reward military personnel for heroic action in the battle field

with a chevron over the top of the badge in gold-coloured wire and yellow embroidery interlaced with black and red threading

B" with a "Contusion"

obverse inscribed "ARMED FORCES AIR LETTER / BY AIR MAIL"

Germany, Imperial. An Ek 1914 I Class With Award Documents United Republic of 27 mm x 30(Erster Weltkrieg Abzeichen und Papier). A group of First War period awards and documents, including a 1914 Iron Cross First Class awarded to Wilhelm Paffrath, constructed of silvered brass with a blackened magnetic iron core, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed borders, the obverse with a raised central initial W, with the six oclock arm bearing a reinstitution date of 1914 and the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel