Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive Footnote: Albert Leo Schlageter

Footnote: Albert Leo Schlageter

Badge measures aprx

in worn conditio

In June 1936

The tunic remains in an overall near extremely fine condition

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive Footnote: Albert Leo Schlageter(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 central threaded channel retaining an original silvered zink