Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive 5 mm x 38 mm

5 mm x 38 mm each)

53 mm knurled pin

It states that Unteroffizier (NCO) Herbert Miehrig of the Staff Battery on Flak Regiment 18 has been awarded the Krimschild (Crimea Shield)

disembarking at Al Qantarah El Sharqiyya (AKA Kantara

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive 5 mm x 38 mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,