Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude and Medal for Distinguished Service

and Medal for Distinguished Service in Construction

with a golden knurled border

” with maker’s mark on reverse

Footnote: The Union Philanthropique des Oeuvres Françaises was founded in Paris in 1937

The copper statue

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude and Medal for Distinguished Service(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 an elongated block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round