Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold colour cover with duo-tone copy

colour cover with duo-tone copy and illustrations inside

In its hardshelled case of issue by Arrow

fleur de lis in each quadrant

the base with a recessed medal bed in steel blue felt)

secretaries

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold colour cover with duo-tone copy(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 wide block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire