Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed A first and second war

A first and second war German medal ribbon bar grouping with four ribbons

Defence Medal (in silver

address difficult to decipher

fine gold-coloured bullion wire knot wrapped around the mid-point

Denis Francis O'Haran

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed A first and second war(Eisernes 1914 Kreuz I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a hand 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 and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round