Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of machine-embroidered silver thread

constructed of machine-embroidered silver thread on a dark green wool background

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an Oberwehrmann tab

the XVII and the XVIII Army Corps

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of machine-embroidered silver thread(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic brass 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 crimped barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting