Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed with excellent old patina

with excellent old patina

Instituted 18 November 1836 by by Heinrich

Let Us Never Be Ashamed" in Russian

mint maker marked "МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР" (Monetny Dvor) and number engraved "1065190" on the reverse

1915 into the Royal Lancashire Regiment

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed with excellent old patina(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 period original nut and backplate,