Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example visually-hidden plus 37 pages incorporating the

plus 37 pages incorporating the plates printed in black ink

A Fine Quality Screw Back Iron Cross 1st

The II Class version was awarded to Secretaries of State

(Heer Tropen Feldbluse)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example visually-hidden plus 37 pages incorporating the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and a silver alloy, 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, unmarked,