Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction with its LDO Quality Assurance

with its LDO Quality Assurance Slip reading “The production of orders and medals is subject to the control of the presidential chancery

who held both German and American citizenship

the medal bed with an extended slot to house the badge above the breast star

with enameled blue border inscribed “Al Mérito en Campaña” (To Merit in Campaign)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction with its LDO Quality Assurance(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 50 mm (w)