Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of missing its pin

missing its pin

the obverse bearing a finely-detailed black printed general naval dedication

" with pinback

El Alamein*

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of missing its pin(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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 40 mm (w) x