Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden consisting of an oak wreath

consisting of an oak wreath

the reverse centre bears the image of the Kyffhäuser monument with rays in the background

29 mm x 62 mm)

the facing-up tips of these straps with a small pentagon-shaped metal tab affixed via a single rivet and adjoining a fixed leather slider

a small eagle

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden consisting of an oak wreath(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,