Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version visually-hidden 5 mm (h) x 74

5 mm (h) x 74

An Argentinian Campaign Medal for the Paraguayan War

the visor itself semi-stiff

along with destruction from the war

the obverse with a black mobile swastika (Hakenkreuz) in the centre within a bed of white paint

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version visually-hidden 5 mm (h) x 74(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 central threaded screw post retaining a period original clamshell style backplate,