Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold He was sentenced to death

He was sentenced to death by hanging

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “AFRIKAKORPS”

two of the Construction Company employees confirmed that Beyer and Leard tried to swim ashore

measuring 810 mm x 95 mm

multiple signatures from well-wishers for his two "kills"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold He was sentenced to death(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire