Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive the reverse with two maker

the reverse with two maker appliques - one for the Order

Frieda Elisa Paustian (maiden name Metzger)

30 mm x 83 mm

one month shy of his twenty-seventh birthday

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive the reverse with two maker(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 01 mm (w) x 42. 73 mm (h),