Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of with full Legion Service

with full Legion Service

presenting maker’s cartouche of Gustave Wolfers

single-breasted

Large size document

mounted to a 148 mm (w) x 200 mm (h) black-faced board

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of with full Legion Service(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,