Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed A first and second war

A first and second war German medal ribbon bar grouping with four ribbons

Eight classes were established for award to recipients of the 1st through 8th Orders of Merit

Denis Francis O'Haran

While there is some soiling of the white background of the NSDAP armband

It features fifteen squares in red with corresponding numbers

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed A first and second war(Eisernes 1914 Kreuz I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a hand 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round