Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Republic of 31 & 32 BEDFORD ST

31 & 32 BEDFORD ST

15 mm x 16

extremely fine and extremely rare

Sir James Downes wrote: "Capt

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Republic of 31 & 32 BEDFORD ST(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