Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO certificate_of_authenticity 3487 and Eimer 1797

3487 and Eimer 1797

with several studio photos of an unidentified Knight’s Cross recipient

A mixed lot of 36 cloth insignia

including some minor tearing of the dust jacket

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO certificate_of_authenticity 3487 and Eimer 1797(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,