Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example Auction Archive & white enamels

& white enamels

with two of the sides partially cut out to allow the fingers to slide the matchbox out of the cover once empty

06mm (l) x 27

and Medal for a Veteran of Labour (in aluminum alloy

obverse illustrating a roller skate with two facing heart-shaped insignias above

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example Auction Archive & white enamels(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and a silver alloy, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,