Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive A 1933/34 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des

A 1933/34 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes/Winter Relief of the German People) Kurhessen “Stadt und Land - Hand in Hand - Wir Helfen” badge

the head flanked by a "3" (silver fineness) on the left and marked with the assay city mark "A" (Vienna) on the right and maker marked "FR" within a diamond (F

eagle pinned to oak wreath backer with three prongs

RZM tagged on the underside - stamped “46” written by hand on the tag

with two gilded zink rank pips

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive A 1933/34 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des(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 a central threaded post retaining an original silver cruciform backplate and