Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction (Schwertgehänge)

(Schwertgehänge)

Footnote: An honourary badge for good performance in the Hitler Youth with vertical pin on back

measuring 180 mm x 445 mm x 180 mm in height

in die-stamped tombac with excellent crisp details

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction (Schwertgehänge)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback with an unusual tip meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring