Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of overlaid by a central red

overlaid by a central red enameled five-pointed star

The post war photos show Schmuker in the field

and above a manufacture date of “1944”

97 mm (w) x 38

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of overlaid by a central red(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse bearing a central initial W, the six ocock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,