Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II and I Class Set, with Luxury Case Archive to Trooper John R

to Trooper John R

constructed of off-white machine embroidery in the shape of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons

many with inscriptions on the reverse

the reverse bearing a central blue enameled medallion bearing a silvered inscription of “TREUE FÜR FÜHRER UND VOLK” (“LOYALTY FOR FÜHRER AND PEOPLE”)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II and I Class Set, with Luxury Case Archive to Trooper John R(Eiserne Kreuze 1914 im Schmucketui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). A superb 1914 Iron Cross presentation set, consisting of: 1. A II Class award, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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