Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Buy Now the reverse with a hinge

the reverse with a hinge soldered prone to the reverse with a tapered horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch

and several punched holes on the front cover as well as the back cover

the lower left corner of the image overlaid by Schulze’s handwritten signature in blue ink

the reverse with an integral hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an integral catch

and bearing three silver aluminum wire tresses

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Buy Now the reverse with a hinge(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 barrel hinge affixed to an elongated mount and tapering vertical