Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Newly Listed eighteen days shy of his

eighteen days shy of his twenty-third birthday

maker marked "ZIN-KOVNICA" on the vertical pinback

numbered "110098" on the buttonhole attachment

an oval silver medal with green enameled laurels

measuring 145 mm (w) x 218 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Newly Listed eighteen days shy of his(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 central threaded lug retaining an original