Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction The Reichswald

The Reichswald

on a loop for suspension from its correct replacement ribbon

the obverse with the Schleswig-Holstein coat of arms

the medal bed with an extended slot to house the badge above the breast star

with the left shield bearing the arms of the German Wehrmacht (an eagle with open wings perched on top of a roundel with a central mobile swastika)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction The Reichswald(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 50 mm (w)