Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive with a metal backer plate

with a metal backer plate and all prongs intact

Am Messgerät - on the measuring device

Type II : Al Valorie

A case for the “Beobachterabzeichen” badge

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive with a metal backer plate(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (1914 1918). 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,