Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Ko Auction Archive with a leather lined foam

with a leather lined foam “stopper” in the form of a cross in the centre to prevent the head from making contact with the interior of the helmet

Instituted 1914 by Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst

Enver Pasha and Ahmed Niyazi Bey

the Order of Public Instruction and the Order of Benevolence (later the Order of Merit)

" Initially listed as "Missing"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Ko Auction Archive with a leather lined foam(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a 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 reverse with en elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked KO for a widely