Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version By Paul Maybauer Archive with examples in Bronze

with examples in Bronze

light gilt wear on the reverse

Spink & Son – Oct

Entered the Army as a War Volunteer in the Lauenburgisches Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr

Type I with Wheat Sheaf

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version By Paul Maybauer Archive with examples in Bronze(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 lug retaining a period original silver Cross Patte