Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Newly Listed WWI Mercantile Marine War Medal

WWI Mercantile Marine War Medal - (COLIN ORR)

nice early quality

during the time Müller earned the badge

a town in the distance

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Newly Listed WWI Mercantile Marine War Medal(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback bearing a