Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Prinzen Size, by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of TRANSVAAL (6090 PTE

TRANSVAAL (6090 PTE

1885 in Schleswig (northern Germany)

The line below the date is illegible

Accompanied by a congratulatory letter from the president of the Reich railway department in Hamburg

Modified by King Fu’ad I in 1923 and 1928

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Prinzen Size, by Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of TRANSVAAL (6090 PTE(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse, Prinzengre). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass core situated within a neusilber 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 crimped hinge narrow banjo style pinback meeting a