Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class with Case Newly Listed displays minor soiling on the

displays minor soiling on the black felt

of his fellow Officers/Comrades)

(marked on the reverse of the swords "GH 900" (by Gebrüder Hemmerle)

A very scarce WWII period decoration

7 mm x 66 mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class with Case Newly Listed displays minor soiling on the(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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire