Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction on a metal ribbon bar

on a metal ribbon bar with a navy felt backer and horizontal pinback

Measuring 187 mm (l) and weighs 7

troops marching and training - condition is VF

the interior is gilt and shows the maker and silver content “937” on the inner rim

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction on a metal ribbon bar(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,