Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn GTRexclude For combatants

For combatants

earning him the First World War Pair

center red cross appears to be re-enameled

along with a CD containing sixteen pages with copies of his Index Cards

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn GTRexclude For combatants(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked WS for