Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Province of China overlaid by a NSRL-style German

overlaid by a NSRL-style German national eagle bearing a mobile swastika

The design was changed after less than a year at the request of President William McKinley

my army commanders mistrust him and never want to see him

numbered "7" on the spine

Red Cross Patch

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Province of China overlaid by a NSRL-style German(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 central threaded lug retaining an original nut,