Original Items. One-of-a-Kind Group. This is an excellent named Imperial German WWI award and document grouping belonging to Alex Wolter, who served with the 2nd Battalion of Vorpommersche Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 38, or Western Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 38. The group includes Wolter’s 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class, Black Wound Badge, and Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918, each accompanied by its corresponding named award document.

The survival of all three decorations with their matching documents gives this grouping a particularly strong personal and military context. Together, the documents record Wolter’s wartime decoration, wounding, and later recognition as a German WWI veteran.

The Iron Cross 1914 2nd Class document is dated July 11th, 1917, for actions on July 1st, 1917. There is a great unit stamp identifying Vorpommersche Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 38. The document measures 7 ¾ x 9”. The associated medal has heavy wear to the ribbon, and some moderate oxidation staining to both sides of the medal.

The black wound badge document is dated November 5th, 1918, with the same great stamp for his unit. It measures 4 x 6 ⅜”. The black wound badge is hollowback with a working pin.

The Honor Cross 1914-1918 document is dated May 15th, 1935 and is named “Jngenieur Alex Wolter in Berlin-Charlottenburg”. The document measures 5 ¾ x 8 ⅜”. The medal retains the ribbon with fraying, and the planchet has a stamped maker’s mark on the back.

The Honor Cross was instituted in 1934 to recognize German participation in WWI. Its presence with Wolter’s earlier wartime documents shows that he later applied for or received official recognition of his WWI service while residing in Berlin-Charlottenburg.

The Iron Cross award document establishes that Wolter was decorated for actions on July 1st, 1917, while the Wound Badge document confirms that he had also been wounded by November 1918. The later Honor Cross document records him as an engineer living in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1935.

The named documents, matching awards, clear regimental stamps, wartime dates, and later Berlin address preserve an unusually complete outline of Alex Wolter’s military and postwar history. The worn Iron Cross ribbon, oxidation staining, frayed Honor Cross ribbon, and other signs of age are important condition factors, but the association of all three awards with their original documents makes this a particularly cohesive Imperial German veteran’s grouping.