Germany, Weimar Republic. A Silesian Eagle, I Class, With Award Document To Schützen Horst Ludwig United Republic of Cross with Swords

Cross with Swords

under the command of Lieutanant-Colonel J

Kathen became the commanding General of the 23rd Reserve Corps with which he stayed for almost the entire war

It culminates with a Conclusion

for extraordinary heroism on 26 September 1918

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Silesian Eagle, I Class, With Award Document To Schützen Horst Ludwig United Republic of Cross with Swords(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of a patinated zink alloy, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle clutching a silvered banner bearing an inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA) in its talons, overlaid across the chest by a silvered crescent and cross, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 31. 41 mm (w) x 42. 33 mm (h),