Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, With Commemorative Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was sworn into SS-Totenkopf-Wachtbataillon

He was sworn into SS-Totenkopf-Wachtbataillon Sachsenhausen on 24 July 1944

with a central beige embroidered medallion bearing a monogram of Margrave Karl

the reverse with a blackened magnetic metal eyelet

stamped twice with the official seal of the German Red Cross

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, With Commemorative Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was sworn into SS-Totenkopf-Wachtbataillon(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Erinnerungsabzeichen). 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 an