Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example, with Case Republic of maker marked "WACHTLER & LANGE

maker marked "WACHTLER & LANGE MITTWEIDA" on the reverse

(Waffen-SS Ärmeladler für 29

officers and NCOs alike

constructed of gilt tombac

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example, with Case Republic of maker marked "WACHTLER & LANGE(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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