Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Archive demonstrating moderate chipping and loss

demonstrating moderate chipping and loss of finish to the enamels and base metal

Solingen with the company's squirrel insignia

” measures 52

the reverse white a central white enameled medallion bearing a gilt date of “19 ФЕВРАЛЪ 1878” (“10 FEBRUARY 1878”

STAATSMÜNZE" (Prussia County Coin) and marked "SILBER 900 FEIN" (900 fine silver) on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Archive demonstrating moderate chipping and loss(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with two threaded screw posts emanating from the six and