Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Screwback Version Auction Archive crowned on white enameled background

crowned on white enameled background

(Heer Schirmmütze für Offizier der Infanterie)

8 mm (w) x 55 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

on November 15th

Both the top and bottom edges of the latter are trimmed with white wool piping

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Screwback Version Auction Archive crowned on white enameled background(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded lug retaining a small serrated