Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse with a block

the reverse with a block hinge and crudely-replaced wire pinback meeting a round wire catch

so Gertrude wrote to her lawyer

and a date of “43”

7mm (w) x 61

reverse is inscribed in black ink "Feldpost" above "Fraulein Auguste Thiessenhnsa"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse with a block(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 lug retaining a period original backplate and washer, unmarked,