Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version GTRexclude and Shoulder Title (in bronze

and Shoulder Title (in bronze gilt

then to promoted to Lieutenant Colonel with the Coast Artillery Corps

Case showing age and wear

Abteilung 8/51 (S IV) Hassel / Saar

discolouration evident in the gold-coloured bullion on the left wing

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version GTRexclude and Shoulder Title (in bronze(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 a central threaded channel retaining an original silvered zink