Germany, Imperial. A First World Iron Cross Patriotic Badge Auction 43 mm x 66 mm

43 mm x 66 mm inclusive of its crown and crossed swords suspension

An uncommon Egyptian Theatre made badge with typical lugs

the post-Versailles disguised German General Staff

after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937

Germany, Imperial. A First World Iron Cross Patriotic Badge Auction 43 mm x 66 mm(Eisernes Kreuz Patriotische Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central W monogram, topped by a royal crown and situated above a reinstitution date of 1914, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 32 mm (h), with minor flecking of the enamels evident, in extremely fine condition.