Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Buy Now by Hans-Ulrich Krantz

by Hans-Ulrich Krantz

Silver thread on scarlet red background (Army)

original ribbon suspended from hanger with pinback

with some scuffing and creasing

Above the upper right breast pocket is an insignia in the form of a ten-coloured cotton backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Buy Now by Hans-Ulrich Krantz(Eiserne Kreuze). A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (non magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 22 mm (w) x 43. 46 mm (h), weighing 15. 1 grams, and