Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Unteroffizier Holzmann Hold unmarked however exhibits the manufacturing

unmarked however exhibits the manufacturing characteristics typical of maker Karl Poellath

a Bavarian War Merit Cross with Swords

and John Walkes Esquire Member for Middlesex 1773

” the dagger is held together by a nickel-silver pommel nut that sits tightly and securely in the lower crossguard

he was married

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Unteroffizier Holzmann Hold unmarked however exhibits the manufacturing(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core with 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