Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Walter Schott Auction Archive measures 23 mm in diameter

measures 23 mm in diameter

the 105th Regiment (possibly the 106th Regiment

badge retains nearly all of the original silver finish

obverse illustrating the left-facing bust of Pope Pius IX

10 EFTS relocated to RCAF Station Pendleton in 1942

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Walter Schott Auction Archive measures 23 mm in diameter(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked marked WS for