Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Screwback Version Auction Footnote: The Military Assistance Command

Footnote: The Military Assistance Command

with frog stud

Sergeant Ned P

reverse illustrating the Porta Pia gate

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Screwback Version Auction Footnote: The Military Assistance Command(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Schraubscheibe). Reinstituted 5 August 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 central threaded lug retaining a small serrated