Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Buy Now enamel chipping on the wreath

enamel chipping on the wreath

The badge was first created in 1949 and was referred to as the "National Military Establishment Identification Badge

also of silvered magnetic metal

5 mm (w) x 123

very good silvering (polished on obverse)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Buy Now enamel chipping on the wreath(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with two threaded screw posts emanating from the six and