Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of 61 mm x 62

61 mm x 62

SCHIESSPREIS 1901”

scabbard measuring 135 mm

over thirty Americans made their way to France before the Germans invaded in May 1940

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of 61 mm x 62(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,