Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Archive hairline enamel cracks in white

hairline enamel cracks in white enamel and patina on the arms

maker marked "HUGUENIN FRERES & Co

enamel loss to centre

the reverse retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/866” for an unidentified manufacturer

the reverse white a central white enameled medallion bearing a gilt date of “19 ФЕВРАЛЪ 1878” (“10 FEBRUARY 1878”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Archive hairline enamel cracks in white(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 two threaded screw posts emanating from the six and