Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive Footnote: The Order of Military

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted on July 4

but he received only a reprimand before being shifted to Italy

illustrating the Imperial Seal of Japan in the centre along the top edge and framed within a floral wreath

hallmarked with “F” and “0925” original ribbon with cedar tree insignia

the reverse with minor oxidation spots present

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive Footnote: The Order of Military(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback with an unusual tip meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring