Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude with a National eagle clutching

with a National eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

encircled by an enameled blue-white border inscribed AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit)

The badge measures 22 mm (w) x 26 mm (h) overall

with eagle with down-turned wings perched atop a HJ diamond

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude with a National eagle clutching(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat and rounded catch,