Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a stabilizer emanating from

with a stabilizer emanating from the reverse of the wreath

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey sunwheel-style mobile swastika

The cap band is flanked by brown bakelite buttons holding in place a decorative gold bullion wire chinstrap which rests upon the protruding cardboard reinforced visor

where he studied medicine and jurisprudence

non-commissioned officer of the 23rd Siberian Regiment

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a stabilizer emanating from(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 emanating from an elongated oval plate and vertical pinback meeting a round wire