Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive ) Officially impressed in block

) Officially impressed in block capitals

whilst American citizens wear the insignia of a Legionnaire

Constructed of ribbed dark blue rayon

and in the blue enamels on the centrepiece ring on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive ) Officially impressed in block(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 restitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and narrow tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire