Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Deutscher Offizier Verein Private Purchase Example Hold Volonta Star - In silver

Volonta Star - In silver gilt

The regiment was raised by Sir John Lanier in 1685 as Lanier's Regiment of Horse or the 2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse

” and a date of “30

on dark brown wool backing

Three years later the name was changed again to the 21st Regiment Essex Fusiliers on May 8

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Deutscher Offizier Verein Private Purchase Example Hold Volonta Star - In silver(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 screw post retaining an original nut and