Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Zugführer Platoon Leader Armband -

Zugführer Platoon Leader Armband - In blue cotton

both unmarked and measuring 32 mm (w) x 95 mm (l)

A superb Saxe-Ernestine House Order Grand Cross set

vertical dual prongs (fully intact)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Zugführer Platoon Leader Armband -(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5th of 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire