Germany, Imperial. A Grand Cross Breast Star To The 1914 Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Souval, C.1955 Auction Archive and the Order of the

and the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation

white cross enameled within green circle

and later that year to Superintending Engineer of the Third Welland Canal

consisting of 1) An Order of Military Merit ribbon

oxidation of the nickel-plated elements

Germany, Imperial. A Grand Cross Breast Star To The 1914 Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Souval, C.1955 Auction Archive and the Order of the(Bruststern zum Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze with neusilber and iron, consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, the obverse bearing a central 1914 Iron Cross consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, 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 barrel hinge