Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden Ontario (blue ink on card

Ontario (blue ink on card

printed by Edmond Cloutier

Very clean and complete example without any major flaws on the outside

measuring 28 mm (w) x 22 mm (h)

800 silver purity

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden Ontario (blue ink on card(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 1813, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,