Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Non-Magnetic Metal Variant, Privately-Purchased Example United Republic of silvered with majority intacted on

silvered with majority intacted on reverse

reverse inscribed "PRESENTED BY THE CITIZENS OF HUNTINGDON

topped by a stylized banner bearing an inscription of “INRI” for “IESUS NAZARENUS REX IUDAEORUM” (“JESUS OF NAZARETH

an Honour Cross 1914/1918 with swords

arriving in Montreal

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Non-Magnetic Metal Variant, Privately-Purchased Example United Republic of silvered with majority intacted on(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, consisting of a one piece vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened 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