Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive and Trades

and Trades

demonstrating a small patch of soiling to the lower edge of the obverse

in silver and gold fire gilt

the six o’clock arm bearing a knight’s helmet with feathers

there is a painted white mark in clear Chinese characters translating to “front”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive and Trades(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded lug retaining an original