Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Auction Archive the centre presenting the inscription

the centre presenting the inscription 25 JAHRE DIENST BEI DER FREIWILLIGEN FEUERWEHR (25 YEARS VOLUNTEER FIRE SERVICE)

all marked “HOCHFEINE QUALITÄT” and measuring 18 mm in diameter

hallmarked and maker marked "ZUKOV 02" on the screwback

consisting of a mobile swastika within a cogwheel

he was assigned to a variety of ships: H

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Auction Archive the centre presenting the inscription(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a