Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive the badge with a small

the badge with a small piece of red enamels flaked off

weighs 54 grams (including ribbon)

date to top (4

marked “crowned Z” and F

the banner measuring 400 mm x 540 mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive the badge with a small(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a slightly 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 central threaded channel retaining a period original