Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Dillenius Auction Faith Marilyn Johnston

Faith Marilyn Johnston

Pforzheim) inside a horizontal ruled box

3 mm (w) x 60 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and laterally-pierced ball suspension

enamel damage to the 6 o’clock arm on the obverse and reverse

CEF For Service at the Front Badges attached to both original ribbons

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Dillenius Auction Faith Marilyn Johnston(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 block hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker