Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 Province of China after great protest

after great protest

Consisting of a Cross Pattée in silver with white enameled arms

acts of courage involving no voluntary risk of life

2nd Class for Twenty-Five Years' Service (silvered bronze with black enamels

and two Iron Cross 1914 Ribbon Bars (one is cloth

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 Province of China after great protest(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed and silvered 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat