Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example Auction Archive obverse illustrating a roller skate

obverse illustrating a roller skate with two facing heart-shaped insignias above

Naming is officially impressed on the NGSM and the RNLSGCM

with two of the sides partially cut out to allow the fingers to slide the matchbox out of the cover once empty

& white enamels

5cm (w) x 82cm (l)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example Auction Archive obverse illustrating a roller skate(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and a silver alloy, 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,