Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of and no doubts other

and no doubts other

maker marked "BALFOUR" and marked "1/10 - 10K - G

evidence of pinback replacement

96mm in length

with a swastika in the middle

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of and no doubts other(Eisernes 1914 Kreuz I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a hand 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round