Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version In Silver certificate_of_authenticity and had been a Sergeant

and had been a Sergeant for two years with the 11th R

A Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front) work book

in addition to family

gilt crossed swords affixed at 12 o'clock

Type II (Gold hammer and sickle insignia

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version In Silver certificate_of_authenticity and had been a Sergeant(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 reverse with two threaded lugs set into the six and twelve oclock arms, retaining matching zink backplate with two period original nuts, the cross