Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Province of China on a dark-green wool base

on a dark-green wool base

6mm(w) x 59

and kissed hands on my appointment to the regiment

Klingenberg and a small number of Waffen-SS soldiers attempted to cross a river in the vicinity of Belgrade to reconnoiter a landing spot

in extra fine condition

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Province of China on a dark-green wool base(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 two threaded screw posts emanating from the six and