Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive to Hochwohlgeboren Karl Siegismund

to Hochwohlgeboren Karl Siegismund

the obverse bears the image of a dolphin avoiding a naval mine

constructed 40 paginated paper stock pages featuring handwritten entries

strong push button and strong hinge

An early period badge constructed of silvered and patinated nickel-silver

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive to Hochwohlgeboren Karl Siegismund(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 bearing 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire