Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity A Third Reich Group of

A Third Reich Group of Four Ribbon Bars - All with metal backings

THE FATHERLAND’S THANKS”)

While with the WLI

Our crew chief

Letter in handwritten black ink and signed by Generalmajor Alexander von Pfuhlstein (number 18896)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity A Third Reich Group of(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,