Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Hold 80mm (h – inclusive of

80mm (h – inclusive of cross adorned crown suspension)

Miniature (bronze

above the eagle’s head is a banner presenting the motto DE OPPESSO LIBER

each constructed of silvered bronze and with a vertical pinback

(Kriegsmarine Offiziersdolch)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Hold 80mm (h – inclusive of(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