Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer Archive silver or bronze

silver or bronze

Badge on a cardboard backer

It is accompanied by a period original matching belt

holding white thunder bolts in both its claws

He died on December 9

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer Archive silver or bronze(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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker