Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive Baronial Order of Runnymede

Baronial Order of Runnymede

She recognized the value and advantage of patriotic societies

Accompanying the cap is its peak insignia

set just above von Richthofen’s handwritten signature in black ink

It is plain with the exception of a maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso of “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive Baronial Order of Runnymede(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round write catch, maker