Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive 1943 and is signed by

1943 and is signed by a military doctor whose name is indecipherable

strong push button and strong hinge

chipping evident in the blue enamels on the arm at 12 o'clock on the obverse

despite minor enamel loss

constructed 40 paginated paper stock pages featuring handwritten entries

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive 1943 and is signed by(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 bearing 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire