Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example United Republic of the National Defense Medal

the National Defense Medal

and Army Competitions Badge (two-piece construction

02 mm x 42

both set on a 50 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example United Republic of the National Defense Medal(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1914, Museumsstck). 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 three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW