Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class with Case visually-hidden dated November 24

dated November 24

by David W

Ogden was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal

5 Initial Training School in Belleville

26cm in length

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class with Case visually-hidden dated November 24(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire