Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn United Republic of listing his trade as Farm

listing his trade as Farm Hand

engraver marked "KRAFFT F" and inscribed in Latin "JOSEPHUS II

31mm (w) x 35

measures 175 mm (w) x 141 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wagner & Sohn United Republic of listing his trade as Farm(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire