Germany, Empire. A I. Class Iron Cross 1914 Auction and horizontal bronze pinback

and horizontal bronze pinback

Bois de la Folie

Royal Artillery Drivers) Naming is officially impressed

Measuring 426 mm in length with the scabbard on

Germany, Empire. A I. Class Iron Cross 1914 Auction and horizontal bronze pinback(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Instituted on 5. 10. 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Issued 1914 1918). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, marked K. O for