Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, K.a.g. Archive reverse with privately constructed backplate

reverse with privately constructed backplate affixed to cross via centrel screwpost

First version SA enlisted man's belt buckle in die-stamped brass

when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (784921) with the 129th Infantry Battalion "Wentworth Battalion"

This is an extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine Artillery Kapitänleutnant Tropical Uniform tunic

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, K.a.g. Archive reverse with privately constructed backplate(1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse) Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm II 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 Issue). A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Pate of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper