Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Hold with enamel damage

with enamel damage

In Case in silver gilt and enamels

constructed of grey machine-embroidered threading on a field-grey rayon backer

44 Casualty Clearing Station at Poperinghe

upon Administrative Decision

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Hold with enamel damage(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse, Schraubscheibe). Reinstated 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with two threaded posts retaining original nuts and a