Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity equisite detailing

equisite detailing

Edgecombe with a strength of 13 officers and 431 other ranks

very faint hairline cracks to 8 o'clock arm

a horizontal pinback

Footnote: William Richard "Bill" Tew was born on on April 19

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity equisite detailing(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, consisting of a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a raised central initial of W, the bottom arm with a reinstitution date of 1914 and the top arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring