Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Buy Now measuring 69 mm in diameter

measuring 69 mm in diameter

three ships in the background

obverse illustrating the front-on bust of General John J

the Franco crown surmounting the insignia of the order

Footnote: Clifford Earle Hitchcox was born on June 26

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Buy Now measuring 69 mm in diameter(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 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 block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,