Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wagner & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac as United States Army soldiers

as United States Army soldiers

(1810-1918 issue

NX11001 Private C

Insignia in silver gilt with red

Seaman John S

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Wagner & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac as United States Army soldiers(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (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 1939, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker