Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Variant by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1930 Hold on top of exceptionally preserved

on top of exceptionally preserved scarlet doeskin background

Corps and Miscellaneous Badges

WWI 184th Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Pin - Two-piece construction

and would go on to become an SS-Obergruppenführer in 1941

(Kriegsverdienstmedaille)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Variant by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1930 Hold on top of exceptionally preserved(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped hinge and narrow pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but