Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer Archive silver or bronze

silver or bronze

holding white thunder bolts in both its claws

when the Royal Army and Pathet Lao forces came closest to integration

all measuring 148 mm (w) x 106 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer Archive silver or bronze(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker