Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wagner & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity 19 hours and 51 minutes

19 hours and 51 minutes

(Etui für 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I

1944 (Reference / Accession Number: 2004-01505-5 on www

the son of John Bruford and Ann Bruford (nee Jones)

6 cm (w) x 15

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wagner & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity 19 hours and 51 minutes(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 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 narrow block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round