Germany, Imperial. A Mint 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China all enameled

all enameled

(Luftwaffe Pelzmütze)

the hoist edge reinforced with a white cotton twill border with a hollow channel through which is looped an original rope culminating at each end in a loop for suspension

then discharged on the 21st and posted to the Canadian Convalescent Depot

marked in pencil by the previous owner

Germany, Imperial. A Mint 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China all enameled(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a gently 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire