Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive ten months and three days)

ten months and three days)

5 mm x 38 mm each)

53 mm knurled pin

and Gold Grade: awarded to medal recipients of the three previous levels with forty years' service

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive ten months and three days)(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,