Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Cased and Owner-Attributed, by Wagner & Sohn Archive very fine with period repairs)

very fine with period repairs)

serial number "A78470038A" in red

although the center medallion differs (hand tooled) and the Star pictured in the book have an extra "diamond" and thus longer rays

It is also maker marked “Mohr & Speyer A-F” on a clothes tag in yellow embroidery

and by the highest form of individual courage

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Cased and Owner-Attributed, by Wagner & Sohn Archive very fine with period repairs)(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 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire