Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Gebrüder Godet Archive Grand Cross Badge: four-piece construction

Grand Cross Badge: four-piece construction

in recognition of twelve years of meritorious service to the St

(Leopoldsorde / Ordre de Léopold / Leopoldsorden)

with a Karabiner 98k diagonally across the badge

Imperial M-18045

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Gebrüder Godet Archive Grand Cross Badge: four-piece construction(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 a threaded screw post retaining an oval backplate