Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive measuring 42 mm (w) x

measuring 42 mm (w) x 102 mm (l)

Ontario and after about a month

shanks engraved

third and fourth award bars on ribbon (these of fine quality manufacture

1974 - March 29

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive measuring 42 mm (w) x(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 1813, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,