Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive Zerstörer-Division

Zerstörer-Division

on 22 July 1944

embellished by cluster of five silvered rays in each quadrant

Discharge Certificate and Letter to His Wife from the War Service Records Director

(Der Stahlhelm Frauenbund Abzeichen)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive Zerstörer-Division(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,