Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, c. 1935 Province of China presented in the Institute and

presented in the Institute and Museum of Oceanography of the University of Berlin

on a black wool background with a partially preserved black paper backer

all four larger pockets with fold over button down flaps with reinforced button holes and plastic buttons

numbered "No 123477"

The portepee measures 420 mm in total length

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, c. 1935 Province of China presented in the Institute and(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 post retaining both its original backplate and nut