Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Republic of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire

Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire

The former is constructed of multiple pieces of heavy blackened leather

on loop for suspension - marked “34” for “Wilhelm Annetsberger

Buckle in die-stamped steel (magnetic)

with period bar

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Republic of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire(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 barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire