Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class By Walter Schott GTRexclude whistling through the barbed wire

whistling through the barbed wire

French hallmarks on the pin

absolutely no enamel loss and no visible contact

mounted as originally worn - as a breast cross (not miniature)

Northland on April 29

Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class By Walter Schott GTRexclude whistling through the barbed wire(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 maker marked WS for Walter Scott, Berlin, with a barrel hinge and tapering