Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive heavily toned silver

heavily toned silver

maker marked ""F

light crazing and soiling on the exterior on both leather pieces

the photographs are unaffected

constructed of dark blue faux leather (leatherette) exterior

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive heavily toned silver(Eisernes 1914 Kreuz I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a hand 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round