Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class with Case Newly Listed Near mint condition

Near mint condition

with hairline cracks and enamel loss to rays

when under pressure

(marked on the reverse of the swords "GH 900" (by Gebrüder Hemmerle)

A routine order for the next month

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class with Case Newly Listed Near mint condition(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire