Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude 80 mm (w) x 96

80 mm (w) x 96

measuring 102 mm (w) x 128 mm (h)

a small studio portrait of a BDM member with the West Hessen-Nassau sleeve badge clearly displayed

All information is coherently indexed by era and service branch

fine chipping evident in the enamelled jewels on the base of the crown on both sides

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude 80 mm (w) x 96(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5th of 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire