Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude the reverse bearing an etched

the reverse bearing an etched institution date of “16

" he has not seen fit to approve the award

The membership fee stamps indicate payments from 1939 to 1944

claiming the honour of Italian arms against foreign mockery

of very good quality make

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude the reverse bearing an etched(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,