Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer Republic of Instituted 1899 by Queen Victoria

Instituted 1899 by Queen Victoria

New South Wales (a suburb of Sydney) on July 9

very light soiling on the front and back covers

1916 and is remembered with honour on the Basra Memorial

bronze ring suspension

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer Republic of Instituted 1899 by Queen Victoria(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker