Germany, Imperial. A Pair of 1914 Iron Crosses, I and II Class United Republic of mounted to a base in

mounted to a base in silver gilt with petals in alternating red and green enamels

carefully hand-painted centrepiece

all surrounded by a green enameled laurel wreath with red berries

Measuring 27 cm (w) x 20 cm (h)

the centre obverse presents the five-line inscription FÜR VERDIENST IM KRIEGERVEREINS WESEN

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of 1914 Iron Crosses, I and II Class United Republic of mounted to a base in(Eisernes Kreuz 1914). A pair of 1914 Iron Crosses, including: 1. A II Class award, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a 45 mm long bronze bar with a horizontal pinback, 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