Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 Province of China A fine collection of career

A fine collection of career awards with their matching award certificates

acts of courage involving no voluntary risk of life

and two Iron Cross 1914 Ribbon Bars (one is cloth

with pleasing look of old brass

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 Province of China A fine collection of career(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed and silvered 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat