WW1 Gold For Iron Medallion band The sapphire is nestled within

The sapphire is nestled within a border of millegrain and single cut diamond "petals"

Russian marks for pure silver (1000/1000) and 14k gold

often seen on headstones and other memorials

fully charged with romantic sentiment

WW1 Gold For Iron Medallion band The sapphire is nestled withinDATE: WW1, c. 1916 A WW1 period Golderinnerungsmnze der Reichsbank (gold donation commemorative token) medallion issued by the German Imperial bank in 1916. Such pieces were exchange for articles of gold: coins, jewellery, watches (and presumably bullion, if you had any lying around). It was part of a well planned, large scale patriotic drive to fund the war effort, inspired by a similar operation around 100 years earlier to try and stay Napoleon's