Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Screwback Version, Privately–Purchased Example certificate_of_authenticity In May and June 1940

In May and June 1940

trimmed with red piping (indicating general issue)

tarnishing and surface wear evident on the three silver medals

(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Miniatur)

the reverse medallion presents the same central figure as obverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Screwback Version, Privately–Purchased Example certificate_of_authenticity In May and June 1940(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe Unmagnetisch). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of a blackened and silvered bronze alloy, consisting of a one piece vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with black painted arms, 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 screwpost retaining an