Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Republic of 55mm (w) x 64

55mm (w) x 64

Canada in 1956

olive green cotton

The former is constructed of multiple pieces of heavy blackened leather

with period bar

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Republic of 55mm (w) x 64(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 restitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire