Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed exhibiting overall gilt wear and

exhibiting overall gilt wear and contact marks on the brass fittings

worn on the Field Service peaked cap

it is stamped in black ink with the British Broad Arrow acceptance mark

He was part of a different regiment

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed exhibiting overall gilt wear and(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round wire