Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Deutscher Offizier Verein Private Purchase Example Archive measuring at 43mm (w) x

measuring at 43mm (w) x 57mm (h- to top of wreath suspension)

1908" (Lucky

the reverse is marked “GES GESCH” and bears a vertical pinback

all three by different makers (Karl Poellath

measuring 72 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Deutscher Offizier Verein Private Purchase Example Archive measuring at 43mm (w) x(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 central threaded screw post retaining an original nut and