Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class By Neun With Award Document To Leutnant Hausmann Newly Listed An Iron Cross 1st Class

An Iron Cross 1st Class 1939

The award in question is most likely the Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross

measuring 310 mm without its loops

He was one of only 27 recipients of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class By Neun With Award Document To Leutnant Hausmann Newly Listed An Iron Cross 1st Class(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with