Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction but displaying the typical manufacturing

but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of Josef Feix & Söhne

inscribed "AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA FOR LONG AND EFFICIENT SERVICE" and engraved "W

the obverse with a raised and finely-detailed Lübeck coat of arms

and there is some loss of paint to the scabbard

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction but displaying the typical manufacturing(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback with an unusual tip meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring