Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 First Class, Silver Marked Example Auction equipped to lay mines

equipped to lay mines

which was later bought out by ACME Whistles

inscribed "Grant of the dignity of an Officer of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire to Major Nicholas Hugh Lawrence Watts

and after four weeks hospitalization

in Cravanzola

Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 First Class, Silver Marked Example Auction equipped to lay mines(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted August 5th, 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 barrel hinge, a broad vertical pinback and round wire catch,