Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude 80 mm (w) x 96

80 mm (w) x 96

All information is coherently indexed by era and service branch

a small studio portrait of a BDM member with the West Hessen-Nassau sleeve badge clearly displayed

Instituted on 14 May 1888

also including an Honour Cross of the German Mother

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude 80 mm (w) x 96(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5th of 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 a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire