Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measures 146 mm (w) x

measures 146 mm (w) x 73 mm (h)

with the icons and signatures of regiments under Hodson's command including Governor General's Foot Guards

affixed to a zink backplate with all four reverse attachment prongs intact

41mm (w) x 43

NS Dockyard on January 16

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measures 146 mm (w) x(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 screwposts emanating from the six and