Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version Hold It is free of holes

It is free of holes and soiling

pinned with three bronze rank pips

" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) on the reverse of the centrepiece

and granted him a Coat of Arms that depicted the teeth of three voles as a sign of his bravery

"REX ET PATRIA 1831" reverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version Hold It is free of holes(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 reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate wnt nut, the twelve oclock arm stamped with a silver