Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Variant by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1930 United Republic of A field-made machine gunner badge

A field-made machine gunner badge

A Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland commemorative badge

maker marked "HUGUENIN FRERES & Co LE LOCLE (Suisse)" on the inside lid

with the majority of its original gilt finish remaining

and bears a faintly-legible trade name

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Variant by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1930 United Republic of A field-made machine gunner badge(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped hinge and narrow pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but