The collection of faleristics in the exposition of the Museum of Local Lore is represented by several awards related to the First World War. One of them is the Order of the "Honorary Cross of the First World War 1914/1918", established July 13, 1934 by Paul von Hindenburg, who during the war was headed by the German Field General Staff. By the name of its founder, the award was given the unofficial name "The Cross of Hindenburg".
The honorable cross was performed in three versions: 1) first degree was for former soldiers, with swords; 2) second degree was for participants in the war (those who did not take part directly in combat operations), without swords; 3) third degree was for widows and parents (close relatives) of war participants, without swords. In the Museum of Local Lore, a visitor can see the Order of the first degree, or "cross front-line soldier". The award is a bronze cross with a size of 37x37 mm, having a 2.8-mm border along the edges and a tab on the upper beam. On the obverse side of the order there is an ornate laurel wreath with a ribbon occupying part of the lower ray. Inside the wreath one under the other is written down the years "1914" and "1918", and under the cross itself two swords are put underneath.
The awarding of the order required the filing of a petition and occurred personally or by mail. All German citizens and former German subjects had the right to be rewarded "who provided German efforts in the war from December 1914 to August 1918". In total, the Honorary Cross awarded more than 6,200,000 war veterans, 1,100,000 war veterans; About 718,000 orders were given to the widows and parents of those killed in the First World War.