Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive Army Medal of Honor (bronze

Army Medal of Honor (bronze gilt and enamels

Sporadic patches of material fatigue and mothing holes are evident to both the exterior wool and the cap band

bevelled edged wooden plaque base

for all Army ranks below Commissioned Officers

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive Army Medal of Honor (bronze(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 an elongated barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a