Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document To Musketeer Erich Liebig Auction Archive very fine/extremely fine condition

very fine/extremely fine condition

for outstanding service in ensuring public safety and the security of the State Border of the USSR

Type IV (post 1951 design)

KARNER" (Theodor Kärner)

A silver gilt phoenix insignia

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document To Musketeer Erich Liebig Auction Archive very fine/extremely fine conditionA 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 is plain and bears a banjo style vertical pinback and round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 52