Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed one measuring 25 mm (w)

one measuring 25 mm (w) x 12 mm (h)

2 mm (w) x 81

He was part of a different regiment

reverse illustrating the monument commemorating the founding of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

the thick blackened leather washer at the crossguard is intact and sits tightly in place

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed one measuring 25 mm (w)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round wire