Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Archive Distinguished Service Medal (bronze gilt

Distinguished Service Medal (bronze gilt

which has come undone from its original mounting

30 mm x 43

the obverse constructed of fine quality BeVo stly embroidery within a gilded aluminum frame

centre slightly dented

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Archive Distinguished Service Medal (bronze gilt(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 screw and two backplates with a nut, unmarked, measuring 42. 91 mm (w) x