Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn Republic of as well as students at

as well as students at military academies and recipients of specified bravery awards

on a green wool

hand-painted image of Napoleon II on ivory

surface residue

A certificate for Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Breidenbach for the Iron Cross 2nd Class

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn Republic of as well as students at(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 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 emanating from an elongated oval plate and vertical pinback meeting a round wire