Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wagner & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity (Etui für 1939 Eisernes Kreuz

(Etui für 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I

silver/aluminum Russian braid

the inside lid lined in white cloth and padded

6 cm (w) x 15

1944 (Reference / Accession Number: 2004-01505-5 on www

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wagner & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity (Etui für 1939 Eisernes Kreuz(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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a narrow block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round