Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Sy & Wagner Auction Archive measuring 7 x 10 cm

measuring 7 x 10 cm

Footnote: This cross with a screwback design was a private purchase

with three holes to be sewn on

oval shaped oak leaf wreath in copperwash feinzink

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Sy & Wagner Auction Archive measuring 7 x 10 cm(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked S W for maker