Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Newly Listed Solingen - Measuring 373 mm

Solingen - Measuring 373 mm in length with the scabbard on

gold leaf on the edges of the pages on all three sides

with the arms joined through the quadrants by a green enameled laurel and oak leaf wreath and with crossed swords through the centrepiece

and measure 40 mm (w) x 50 mm (l)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Newly Listed Solingen - Measuring 373 mm(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