Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with the icons and signatures

with the icons and signatures of regiments under Hodson's command including Governor General's Foot Guards

Riveted to the peak is an insignia is a brass plate in the form of a central crowned Bavarian coat of arms

a pair of Heer Artillery BeVo-style EM/NCO collar tabs

push button not functional

He was placed with "B" Section

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, Privately-Purchased Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with the icons and signatures(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with two threaded screwposts emanating from the six and