Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Godet Archive measuring 100 mm (w) x

measuring 100 mm (w) x 132 mm (h)

three with enamels added

2nd Class 1947-1972

maker marked “CTD” for “Christian Theodor Dicke” on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Godet Archive measuring 100 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 an elongated block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded