Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document To Musketeer Erich Liebig Hold silver center

silver center

for an adjustable fit at the waist and supported by loops on either side at the waist

Both in bronze gilt

the obverse bears a coat of arms with arabeques circumscribed with “ALEX VON BRANDENSTEIN SCHÜTZE 1954 1974”

the reverse with an inscription of “FORTITUDINI” (“BRAVERY”) within a laurel wreath and above crossed standards

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document To Musketeer Erich Liebig Hold silver centerA 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 is plain and bears a banjo style vertical pinback and round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 52