Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive (Ehrenzeichen für rühmliche Tätigkeit)

(Ehrenzeichen für rühmliche Tätigkeit)

held in place via two dark brown plastic buttons and when released

cloth backing missing

in worn/fine condition

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive (Ehrenzeichen für rühmliche Tätigkeit)(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 narrow block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire