marked “S” on six o’clock arm denoting G
reverse integral ring stamped with a Gold zolotnik mark of “56” and a date of “1867”
The latter two exhibit soiling and wear
One week after arriving in Townsville
Footnote: The Winterhilfswerk (WHW = Winter Help Work) was an annual drive by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (the National Socialist People’s Welfare Organization) to help finance charitable work
Germany, Imperial. A Pair Of 1914 Iron Crosses certificate_of_authenticity marked “S” on six o’clock(Eiserne Kreuze). A pair of 1914 Iron Crosses, including a 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a thick round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 97 mm (w) x