Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document Auction Archive First Lieutenant Hawkins led attacks

First Lieutenant Hawkins led attacks on pill boxes and installations

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

1) An Iron Cross of the Knight’s Cross 1939

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

Both are relatively clean

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document Auction Archive First Lieutenant Hawkins led attacks(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