Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Auction Archive very dark patina and edge

very dark patina and edge nicks on the BWM

" American church papers reportedly published stories complaining about this part of Dietrich's act

two Private Collar Rank Insignias (blackened metal

A small photograph of Harm

Gefrees wide oval stamp on the reverse ricasso

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Auction Archive very dark patina and edge(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 binge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked KO