Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac MANCHESTER REGt)

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a collection of books on her lap

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Upon examination in Halifax

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac MANCHESTER REGt)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). 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 threaded channel retaining a period original backplate with a