Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now constructed of a card stock

constructed of a card stock binding with 16 paginated interior pages

maker marked "3" for Wilhelm Deumer

In 1916 he was taken prisoner

Material fatigue consistent with age and field use is evident to the leather

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now constructed of a card stock(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 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 reverse with a wide block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the six oclock arm