Germany, Imperial. A Grand Cross Breast Star To The 1914 Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Souval, C.1955 Auction Archive oxidation of the nickel-plated elements

oxidation of the nickel-plated elements

the interior with a red felt liner

84th Canadian Militia Helmet Plate - In bronze gilt

and later that year to Superintending Engineer of the Third Welland Canal

consisting of 1) An Order of Military Merit ribbon

Germany, Imperial. A Grand Cross Breast Star To The 1914 Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Souval, C.1955 Auction Archive oxidation of the nickel-plated elements(Bruststern zum Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze with neusilber and iron, consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, the obverse bearing a central 1914 Iron Cross consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, 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