Description
gunboat of 867 tons with four 6-inch guns
official period issue marked above “1813” 'P
they ended up selling their scrip
PREISSLER PFORZHEIM" and marked "GES
the silvered star exhibiting glue residue as a result of re-positioning of the centrepiece insignia
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity gunboat of 867 tons with(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch,