Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold measuring 810 mm x 95

measuring 810 mm x 95 mm

page 12223: "For conspicuous gallantry and initiative in command of the reserve battalion between Pouchaux and Premonton

in gilded zink with minor traces of gilt remaining

It was urged to merge with the SA

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “AFRIKAKORPS”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn Hold measuring 810 mm x 95(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire