Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed GTRexclude measuring 88mm

measuring 88mm

the tunic free of mothing and interruptions in the fabrics

darkly toned reverse with matching semi-circular makers crest of E

and was buried on the 17th in Wimereux Communal Cemetery

constructed of a black-painted magnetic metal shaft with a downward-pointing hook emanating from the side

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed GTRexclude measuring 88mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). 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, bearing a