Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Screwback Version Newly Listed 249th Tank Battalion (bronze gilt

249th Tank Battalion (bronze gilt with black and yellow enamels

dated to Saarbrücken (western Germany) on 16 November 1898

Large RLB Tinnie - in gilded iron (magnetic)

the obverse medallion presenting a woman plowing a field

a boar on its hind legs in the centre

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Screwback Version Newly Listed 249th Tank Battalion (bronze gilt(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 central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and washer, unmarked,