Germany, Empire. An Iron Cross 1914, I. Class, with its Presentation Case Hold Emanating from the throat is

Emanating from the throat is an integral loop for the accommodation of a dagger hanger

no cracking to iron core

The Small Operations Group

40 mm x 85 mm

4 Canadian Field Ambulance on January 13

Germany, Empire. An Iron Cross 1914, I. Class, with its Presentation Case Hold Emanating from the throat is(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Re Instituted August 5th, 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 barrel hinge, straight vertical pinback, and right ward