Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Trench Id Art Tag, To A Pow In Egypt Auction displaying a central folding crease

displaying a central folding crease

with "Assmann" marked on the reverse in pencil

he defined the classes of the Order and in 1888 Pope Leo XIII authorized the admission of ladies to the Order

47 mm x 24

born 13 March 1849 in Peritz near Großenhain

Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Trench Id Art Tag, To A Pow In Egypt Auction displaying a central folding crease(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Grabenkunst Erkennungsmarke). A rare set of badges to a German serviceman in British captivity from 1918 1919, featuring a 1914 Iron Cross I Class, constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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