Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction numbered "716"

numbered "716"

and a Cross for Voluntary Nursing

exhibiting the expected contact marks on the exterior from active use

At about noon on June 10th

with replacement catch and hook

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction numbered "716"(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round wire