Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document, 161St Infantry Regiment Auction on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon

with modern ribbons

Footnote: The Air Force Order Of Renaissance And Honour was instituted on December 3

with approximately 97% of the original silvering intact

After the First World War

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document, 161St Infantry Regiment Auction on loop for suspension from(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of of silver and brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 32 mm (w)