Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Non-Magnetic Metal Variant, Privately-Purchased Example Archive 41 mm x 41

41 mm x 41

you displayed gallant endurance in defence and vigorous initiative in attack

Medal of Acre 1840 - in silver (awarded to junior Officers)

From December 1923

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Non-Magnetic Metal Variant, Privately-Purchased Example Archive 41 mm x 41(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, consisting of a one piece vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened 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