Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including a membership pin

including a membership pin

maker marked “Wittmann

was issued by the War Office

Quebec on August 7th

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including a membership pin(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,