Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Clamshell Screwback Version, With Case United Republic of (Orden al Mérito de la

(Orden al Mérito de la Guardia Civil

1867-72 period issue

Members of the Foreign and Political Department were sometimes known as "The Twice Born"

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Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Clamshell Screwback Version, With Case United Republic of (Orden al Mérito de la(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe mit Etui). 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 lug connecting