Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Clamshell Screwback Version, With Case Newly Listed County of Carleton

County of Carleton

JANUAR 1851” and green laurel branches

and markers mark FCA ARTILLERIA DE TOLEDO on the ricasso and up the middle of the blade

Minister of Commerce and Industry and by the Deputy Director of Personnel and Accounting (signature undetermined)

although obvious signs of wear

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Clamshell Screwback Version, With Case Newly Listed County of Carleton(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a slightly 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 lug connecting