Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive the sleeve also bears a

the sleeve also bears a Sturmmann rank insignia in the form of a triangular black wool backer bearing a single silver-grey embroidered tresse

2 mm (h) x 18

1815 - (CARL

Hermann Kassel

so that the magnetic ring would trigger the magnetic pistols of sea mines lying on the floor of the ocean

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive the sleeve also bears a(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 an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,