Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with additional flecking of enamels

with additional flecking of enamels throughout

so Gertrude wrote to her lawyer

reverse is inscribed in black ink "Feldpost" above "Fraulein Auguste Thiessenhnsa"

After completing his mission

maker marked ""CALDWELL & CO"" marked ""14 K"" (Gold)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with additional flecking of enamels(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and washer, unmarked,