Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive A 1932 Ostpreussen “H

A 1932 Ostpreussen “H

with two neat folds

when the last launch site in the Low Countries was overrun on March 29

Officers’ Camp

168 during the First World War

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive A 1932 Ostpreussen “H(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,