Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of with the main belt and

with the main belt and dirk hangers crafted out of black horizontally lined embroidered uppers

near extremely fine condition with folding crease

Hawkes left for England on September 25

and no doubts other

maker marked "BALFOUR" and marked "1/10 - 10K - G

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of with the main belt and(Eisernes 1914 Kreuz I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a hand vaulted 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round