Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Carl Dillenius Auction Foreign Awards to New Zealand

Foreign Awards to New Zealand Military Personnel

7 mm (h) enameled ribbon bar with screwback

243 mm x 270 mm x 135 mm

” manufacturer’s label faded

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Carl Dillenius Auction Foreign Awards to New Zealand(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 an elongated block hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a