Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Archive Afterward there was a triumphal

Afterward there was a triumphal parade through flag-brightened streets

The first to disembark from the jeep lighter

no longer required due to Allied aerial superiority

with room for only the three most badly wounded to lie down

The interior is lined in brown cotton with a brown leather sweatband

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Archive Afterward there was a triumphal(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire