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So I found this while raking up the yard at one of my boss's abandoned rental properties. I don't know if it's real or not. I believe it's a WWI Iron Cross. As you can see it's pretty beat up.

I might have come across an amazing find!! For less than $20, I got this at an auction. It was being sold as a 'picture frame lot'. It seems to be a framed newspaper of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. I'm really excited that I might have found a historical document, but I have no money to get...