Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document Auction Archive the date of the founding

the date of the founding of the order

Footnote: Rolf Hermichen (25 July 1918 – 23 May 2014) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) during World War II

In a letter on Department of National Defence addressed to the Chief of the Air Staff

but in 1944 was used in support of the Gibraltar and Sierra Leone convoys

First Lieutenant Hawkins led attacks on pill boxes and installations

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document Auction Archive the date of the founding(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a replacement tri fold ribbon, 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