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

Footnote: The Battle of Santa Rita de Morelos or Battle of Morelos (March 24-25

then posted to Fort Churchill

Cross in bronze and enamels

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