Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document To Musketeer Erich Liebig United Republic of Footnote: 90405 Private Samuel George

Footnote: 90405 Private Samuel George Gibson was the son of Thomas and Louisa Alberta Gibson of Johannesburg

Footnote: The Wound Medal was instituted on April 8

when among the personal effects returned to his family was a ‘Decoration (D

addressed to Peters Family

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document To Musketeer Erich Liebig United Republic of Footnote: 90405 Private Samuel GeorgeA 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. 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 is plain and bears a banjo style vertical pinback and round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 52