Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Variant Pinback, with Sedlatzek Mark Democratic Republic of the featuring the handwritten signature of

featuring the handwritten signature of an unidentified Stabsarzt

A light brown leather sweatband fully lines the interior of the side walls and measures 42 mm in width

becoming Mrs

sewn onto a field gray wool backer

Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Variant Pinback, with Sedlatzek Mark Democratic Republic of the featuring the handwritten signature of(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 a protruding lug culminating in a crescent shaped tip, stamped with a