Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed Idar/Oberstein) on the ring

Idar/Oberstein) on the ring

Footnote: The Normandy Campaign Medal was commissioned by the Normandy Veterans Association

A paper inset with a pencil size mark of “58” is inserted into the moisture guard

a platoon leader in the 10th Company of Infantry Regiment 383 (Croatian)

Swing mounted as worn group of five

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed Idar/Oberstein) on the ring(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 an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,