Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class By Walter Schott certificate_of_authenticity measuring 58 mm (w) x

measuring 58 mm (w) x 19 mm (h)

sprigs of leafing on either side with the cypher of John Craig Eaton (interlocking "JCE") at the top

round badge featuring the profile of AH

silhouettes of badges on the underside of one strap and at the opposite obverse end of the other strap from previous re-positioning of insignia

Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class By Walter Schott certificate_of_authenticity measuring 58 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 maker marked WS for Walter Scott, Berlin, with a barrel hinge and tapering