Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Newly Listed green oxidation evident throughout on

green oxidation evident throughout on both sides

Constructed of a red cotton blended background with centre embroidered black swastika on white rayon blend field

the interior with a gilt embossed inscription within multiple finely detailed gilt and blackened borders

the medal has lost most of its silver finish and there is some material fatigue evident to the case

Regarding his family life

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Newly Listed green oxidation evident throughout on(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, bearing a