Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Archive as well as his dog

as well as his dog tag

The guard itself is brass gilt and features a hinged inner guard so that the sword could rested flush against the uniform when worn

he was granted a Regular Army Emergency Commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery (September 16

and marked with a dianakopf (

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Archive as well as his dog(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