Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, By Godet & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity within a stamped silvered circular

within a stamped silvered circular laurel leaf wreath with ribbons and a banner bearing a date of “1941”

which he joined on December 30

After the conclusion of hostilities

but was lost

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, By Godet & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity within a stamped silvered circular(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 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 an elongated block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback