Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction Archive obverse centre featuring a Tudor

obverse centre featuring a Tudor Rose in white metal within a laurel wreath

100 Jahrfeier Stadt Castrop-Rauxel badge

Seeing all labour unions as a threat to this dream

reverse presenting Cyrillic script with issue date of 1912-13 with red enamel surround

an Iron Cross 2nd Class certificate (140x198mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction Archive obverse centre featuring a Tudor(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic brass 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 crimped barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting