Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer GTRexclude the reverse bearing a central

the reverse bearing a central inscription of “FÜR KRIEGS-VERDIENST” (“FOR WAR MERIT”)

A Mint Second War Defence Medal

or the General

7 mm x 56 mm

measuring 68 mm (w) x 51

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer GTRexclude the reverse bearing a central(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 a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker