PRE-WW2 HONOR CROSS of the WORLD WAR 1914/1918 MEDAL CERTIFICATE 1935. PICTURE OF THE MEDAL IN THIS LISTING IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE LISTING. The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (German: Das Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914/1918), commonly referred to as the Hindenburg Cross or the German WWI Service Cross, was established by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of the German Weimar Republic, by an order dated 13 July 1934, to commemorate service of the German people during WW1. This was Germany’s first official service medal for soldiers of Imperial Germany who had taken part in the war, and where they had since died it was also awarded to their surviving next-of-kin. Shortly after its issuance in 1934, the government of Germany declared the award as the only official service decoration of WW1 and further forbade the continued wearing of most German Free Corps awards on any military or paramilitary uniform of a state or their National Socialist organization. SIGNED AND OFFICIALLY STAMPED BY THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GERMAN TOWN OF MAYEN. DIMENSIONS: 5 3/4″ x 8 1/4″. CREAM COLOR BOND PAPER. THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.