Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Variant by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1930 United Republic of wreath and pebbled field in

wreath and pebbled field in high relief and with crisp details

A field-made machine gunner badge

and bears a faintly-legible trade name

marked with a SS Kulturzeichen

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Variant by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1930 United Republic of wreath and pebbled field in(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped hinge and narrow pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but