Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by WE consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered multi-coloured Hungarian coat of arms

The khaki wool visor has a chocolate brown two-piece leather strap resting along the top edge

Marianne Ingersoll Benson (1817 - 1877) of St

obverse centre with a gilt portrait of Saint Rita upon a white ground

the obverse with a central red enameled medallion bearing the Royal Cypher of its founder

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by WE consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,