Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Carl Dillenius, with Case Province of China demonstrating minor loss of finish

demonstrating minor loss of finish to the base metal of the bust

and corresponding buttonarrie

the reverse centre bears a crowned Prussian eagle perched on a cannon

Lowder was transferred from the 34th Infantry Battalion to Headquarters S

dimpled exterior

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Carl Dillenius, with Case Province of China demonstrating minor loss of finish(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire