Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive 250 mm x 260 mm

250 mm x 260 mm

before joining the civil service

first part of the name is obscured

with period original mint ribbon

Private O'Dell would serve in Korea with the 1st Battalion

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive 250 mm x 260 mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 retaining a period original nut and backplate,