Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and pinned with an aluminum

and pinned with an aluminum Totenkopf cypher

the inscription flanked by the Austrian coat-of-arms at the left and the Hungarian coat-of-arms at the right

marked with an unidentified maker’s logo and Reichsleitung des Reichsarbeitsdienstes logo

this particular type is known as “Pillow-Crimp” badge due to its reverse hardware set up

It completes with a protruding cardboard-reinforced visor

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and pinned with an aluminum(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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a threaded channel retaining a period original backplate with a