Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document, 161St Infantry Regiment Auction with modern ribbons

with modern ribbons

After the First World War

on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon

marked “835” inside of the shank

magnetic pin assembly

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document, 161St Infantry Regiment Auction with modern ribbons(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of of silver and brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 32 mm (w)