Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity obverse illustrating a crowned woman's

obverse illustrating a crowned woman's head flanked by facses on either side

very light contact on both sides

with McIntosh third from the right in the back row

liner on the obverse in black wool and presenting with the core exposed on the reverse

circa 1925

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity obverse illustrating a crowned woman's(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a narrow block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire