Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Newly Listed Hopcraft was appointed Acting Corporal

Hopcraft was appointed Acting Corporal with pay on January 22

The document is dated to October 23

then posted to Fort Churchill

as soon as he knew of the General's plans to advance and as the General left Amoaful

with six smaller emanating rays between each of the star points

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Newly Listed Hopcraft was appointed Acting Corporal(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 with an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire