Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Deutscher Offizier Verein Private Purchase Example Province of China chipping evident in the blue

chipping evident in the blue enamels on the lower ribbon banner

Historians portray him as the only First World War Russian general capable of winning major battles

number impressed "258504" on the reverse

with minor discolouration and fatigue evident

where he was given a railway ticket to Varese

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Deutscher Offizier Verein Private Purchase Example Province of China chipping evident in the blue(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 central threaded screw post retaining an original nut and