Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 GTRexclude 1938-1947 issue

1938-1947 issue

on its original triangular ribbon with hook but missing its eye

maker marked "44"

and 176x118mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 GTRexclude 1938-1947 issue(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed and silvered 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat