Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Republic of chipping and crazing evident in

chipping and crazing evident in the blue enamels around the saint's head on the obverse centrepiece

II Class in bronze

inscribed “FÜR VERDIENST” ("FOR MERIT") in raised lettering

It gained Soviet support but was crushed in early 1962

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Republic of chipping and crazing evident in(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 mobile swastika, 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