Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive 1915 at Potchefstroom

1915 at Potchefstroom

about one kilometre east of the village of Reviers

grip in white colored synthetic material

Kraas’s regiment was tasked with taking a strategically important hill near the town of Bykowka (Bykivka

with a paper tag attached reading “Bavaria Order of Military Merit III class for Mil Officials” on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive 1915 at Potchefstroom(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). 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 an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round write catch, maker