Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of " with pinback

" with pinback

very fine condition with light fraying and multiple folding creases

"Tip" Runkle and made their home in Charlottesville

El Alamein*

the last of the brothers

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of " with pinback(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 40 mm (w) x