Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold the other in blackened bronze

the other in blackened bronze

58 mm (w) x 24

un attributed

000) of processing and bringing the US trainees to the United Kingdom for training

mounted as worn on original ribbon

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold the other in blackened bronze(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 vaulted 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 reverse with a wide block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the six oclock arm