Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Auction Archive municipalities

municipalities

medals are stapled in place to four of the ribbons

with enlarged crown used between 1880 and 1900

with star hanger in gilded zinc

they were allotted a clothing allowance through the army’s Kleiderkasse (Clothing Account) system

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Auction Archive municipalities(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 an elongated block binge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked KO