Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold two of the Construction Company

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

page 12223: "For conspicuous gallantry and initiative in command of the reserve battalion between Pouchaux and Premonton

in gilded zink with minor traces of gilt remaining

He was sentenced to death by hanging

The Grand Cross is exclusively granted to Secretaries of State and Ambassadors

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold two of the Construction Company(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