Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive 18 mm (w) x 48

18 mm (w) x 48

with two neat folds

the uppers of the straps in tan cotton

it was one of the first elements of the European integration process

Officers’ Camp

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive 18 mm (w) x 48(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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,