Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold as his mother was no

as his mother was no longer alive and the fact that he was not married

mounted as worn on original ribbon

Iron Cross Second Class 1914 with Austrian Ribbon - Iron Core (magnetic)

the other in blackened bronze

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold as his mother was no(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 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 reverse with a wide block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the six oclock arm