Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version Republic of black rayon cufftitle with machine

black rayon cufftitle with machine embroidered Latin script: " SS-KB-Abt” in silver/grey cotton threads

and Memorial Cross (811446 Pte

in very fine condition but with all of its original silvering worn off

whose line of skirmishers had just passed over the place where the picks and shovels were lying

(Erinnerungsmedaille für die Kämpfe 1848/49 in Schleswig-Holstein)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version Republic of black rayon cufftitle with machine(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 central threaded screw post retaining a period original clamshell style backplate,