Germany, Imperial. A Pair of First World War Service Awards Auction Archive 53mm x 43mm

53mm x 43mm

The reverse is covered in the typical thin

some chipping is visible to the enamels with a particularly large spot to the swastika’s right arm

Thedagger has a brass crossguard with the quillon turning upward at one end and downward at the other

The rear seam between the two halves is concealed by a band in brass that displays a continuous cluster of oak leaves

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of First World War Service Awards Auction Archive 53mm x 43mm(Auszeichnungen). A pair of First World War service awards, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from an original Third Reich period ribbon, 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three