Rob Irwin Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 The listing, when I was buying it: AWARD DOCUMENT AND DECORATION - HINDENBURG CROSS/WIDOW'S CROSS. The Honor Cross, or more commonly, the Hindenburg Cross, was issued in three grades. First was the class for combatants, awarded with swords. This cross was bronzed-toned. The second was similar to the combatants' cross, except without swords. Finally came an award made to widows whose husbands had died for Germany. This cross had a slightly different ribbon, no swords, and was black in color. Today's example is a fine representation of the latter and its award document. Made by: 48 R.V. PFORZHEIM
paul wood Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Very nice, what a marvellous combination of award and document, given what followed I suspect the survival rate for these documents is quite low compared to the large numbers issued. Paul
christerd Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 A very nice award document from Brunswick , what I can find out there was at least two German soldiers killed in WW1 named Jago . Heinrich Jago KIA 5.11.16 and Karl Jago 27.3.15 probably Auguste was married to one of them Christer
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