Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, By Godet & Sohn Newly Listed on bow-tied ribbon with pinback

on bow-tied ribbon with pinback

Clasp to the Iron Cross - First Class 1939

minor contact marks on reverse

a woman serving soup

from where he then went on to participated in the attack on Russia

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, By Godet & Sohn Newly Listed on bow-tied ribbon with pinback(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 an elongated block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback