Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude His father had been a

His father had been a Prussian officer who left the military and became a merchant

mounted as originally worn - as a breast cross (not miniature)

with the majority of the original gilding still intact

3rd AUGUST

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude His father had been a(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 screw back apparatus, unmarked, measuring 42. 69 mm (w) x 42. 22 mm (h),