Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Newly Listed Awarded to Obergefreiten Siegfried Schwittling

Awarded to Obergefreiten Siegfried Schwittling on 22 April 1944

as well as the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross by Wehrmacht Propaganda Leader Major General Hasso von Wedel

Medal measures 32 mm

Artillerie-Vereinigung München (heavy artillery association Munich)

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Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Newly Listed Awarded to Obergefreiten Siegfried Schwittling(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback bearing a