Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer, c. 1938 Archive A 9th Infantry Battalion Cap

A 9th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge

Instituted 1922 by the Deutscher Kolonialkrieger-Bund

the loop is maker marked CFC SAR

with three openings to facilitate ventilation

the cockade in blackened and silvered aluminum

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer, c. 1938 Archive A 9th Infantry Battalion Cap(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback