Germany, Imperial. A Pair of 1914 Iron Crosses, I and II Class United Republic of dated August 13

dated August 13

despite the horrors of Kristallnacht being well known

vertical pinback with a barrel hinge and a slightly rounded flat wire catch

on file original silk sash

/ TO THE KING / By special appointment / TO THE CROWN

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of 1914 Iron Crosses, I and II Class United Republic of dated August 13(Eisernes Kreuz 1914). A pair of 1914 Iron Crosses, including: 1. A II Class award, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a 45 mm long bronze bar with a horizontal pinback, 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