Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Gebrüder Godet Archive the interior of the lid

the interior of the lid is lined with padded silk and embossed with “E

a native of Brussels who studied under the medallist Charles Wiener

A GEO HOLMES

His medical examination documented his bad eyes

seven crowns

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Gebrüder Godet Archive the interior of the lid(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 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 threaded screw post retaining an oval backplate