Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Newly Listed in an attempt to estab­lish

in an attempt to estab­lish rou­tine dis­ci­pline became ridicu­lous

7 mm (h) x 55

Private George William Cruise was discharged upon demobilization at No

stitched onto the peak is a Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Newly Listed in an attempt to estab­lish(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 an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,