Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive stamped with the maker mark

stamped with the maker mark BÄREN-STIEFEL K

Die-stamped bronze gilt

creasing and fraying of the edges

NUOVA 15 MILANO"

Silvered and red enamellled bronze insignia mounted to a 15

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive stamped with the maker mark(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 screw back apparatus, unmarked, measuring 42. 69 mm (w) x 42. 22 mm (h),