Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Province of China Constructed of bluish-grey midwar grade

Constructed of bluish-grey midwar grade wool

demonstrating only minor soiling and material fatigue

in blackened tombac (non-magnetic)

Rochlitz i

the obverse with a central Heer-style eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Province of China Constructed of bluish-grey midwar grade(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). 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 mobile swastika, 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