Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive strong push button and strong

strong push button and strong hinge

to Hochwohlgeboren Karl Siegismund

1943 and is signed by a military doctor whose name is indecipherable

An early period badge constructed of silvered and patinated nickel-silver

Second "Revised" Edition

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive strong push button and strong(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 bearing 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire