Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Auction Archive 41 mm x 65 mm

41 mm x 65 mm inclusive of its sword and wreath suspension

Footnote: The Hejaz Railway Medal was instituted in 1900 and struck to commemorate the opening of the new railway between Damascus and Mecca

on the 9 o’clock arm is the date 1914

dated June 18

the obverse presents a left-facing lion

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Case Auction Archive 41 mm x 65 mm(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 a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback bearing a