Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Fähnleinführer

Fähnleinführer

featuring a handwritten signature of Vizeadmiral Siegfried Maßmann

our military Order with the name of Saint Louis

This is a rare

5 Clasps - TUGELA HEIGHTS

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Fähnleinführer(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 vaulted 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 an elongated block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring