Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Screwback Version Auction Archive 8 mm (w) x 55

8 mm (w) x 55 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

and 61 cm in the arms

A single piece of ribbed off-white celluloid composes the handle grip

(Heer Schirmmütze für Offizier der Infanterie)

the other is brown glass and labelled "50 THIO TABLETS"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Screwback Version Auction Archive 8 mm (w) x 55(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Schraubscheibe). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 central threaded lug retaining a small serrated