Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Kag GTRexclude assembling a volunteer force of

assembling a volunteer force of aircrews

While in action at the Battle of the Somme

marked "STERLING" and numbered "367" on the bottom

It is from the German office for the notification of next of kin of fallen soldiers of the former German Wehrmacht

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Kag GTRexclude assembling a volunteer force of(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback