Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wagner & Sohn visually-hidden third award

third award

Footnote: Ahmad I ibn Mustafa (1806 - May 30

rammed and sank U-432 herself and then rescued HMS Harvester's few survivors

52 mm x 125 mm

The insignia is set on a padded forest-green wool backer and measures 70 mm (w) x 48 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wagner & Sohn visually-hidden third award(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 a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,