Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Maker United Republic of (Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II

(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II

and its competitors the Martin and Bland Pistols

the obverse overlaid by an additional layer of golden-brown rayon bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

4th Class (bronze with red

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Maker United Republic of (Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 crown, the reverse with an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker