Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case United Republic of consisting of a crowned and

consisting of a crowned and checkered shield bearing a raised and stylized monogram of “FCR”

most with original triangular ribbons

Footnote: Peter II (September 6

Type III (1937-1939)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case United Republic of consisting of a crowned and(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a