Germany, Imperial. A Pair Of 1914 Iron Cross, I And Ii Classes Auction horizontal pinback with brooch pin

horizontal pinback with brooch pin fastener on a chain

2 mm (w) x 33

a burning shell fell into a trench containing two cases of ammunition

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marked “01” on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A Pair Of 1914 Iron Cross, I And Ii Classes Auction horizontal pinback with brooch pin(Eisernen Kreuze 1914). A pair of 1914 Iron Crosses, including: 1. A I Class award, 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 an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker