Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Archive reverse stamped "Res

reverse stamped "Res

Footnote: This cross with a screwback design was a private purchase

Upon the outbreak of war

a ten armed star of alternating green and red enamelled rays with clusters of silver faceted rays in each quadrant

in Silver (20

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Archive reverse stamped "Res(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,