Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Ko Auction this dagger grades extremely fine

this dagger grades extremely fine plus

7 mm (h - inclusive of its crown suspension)

along with a line engraving illustrating the two-headed eagle Austrian coat-of-arms and inscribed "WIEN

worn on original blue ribbon sewn closed at ends

"" (Patented) on the reverse of the eagle

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Ko Auction this dagger grades extremely fine(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a 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 reverse with en elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked KO for a widely