Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive During the Napoleonic Wars

During the Napoleonic Wars

Epsom on May 15th

McLarty reverted to the ranks at his own request on January 15

bronze gilt

A First War Croix de Guerre

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive During the Napoleonic Wars(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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a central threaded channel retaining an original silvered zink