Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive inscribed "FOR MILITARY MERIT" on

inscribed "FOR MILITARY MERIT" on the reverse

consisting of a crowned ring inscribed YEOMEN OF BUCKS STRIKE HOME

and Hauptgefolgschaftsführer

while reverse has horizontal Fasces

of Lüdenscheid”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive inscribed "FOR MILITARY MERIT" on(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). 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 reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with a silver content