Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Antarctica Service Medal

Footnote: The Antarctica Service Medal was instituted on July 7

reverse features three butterfly-style silvered brass clips for attaching to cap

part of Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Plakettenhersteller

but did not take up the appointment and instead

with two front hip pockets

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Antarctica Service Medal(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 194, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire