Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example Auction Archive 5cm (w) x 82cm (l)

5cm (w) x 82cm (l)

& white enamels

and Medal for a Veteran of Labour (in aluminum alloy

with two of the sides partially cut out to allow the fingers to slide the matchbox out of the cover once empty

GORDON" on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example Auction Archive 5cm (w) x 82cm (l)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and a silver alloy, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,