A High Quality Private Purchase Iron Cross 1914 1St Class; Silver Screwback Auction Archive measuring 40 mm x 29

measuring 40 mm x 29 mm

A 1915 Saxon War Merit Cross - Silvered bronze

sailing for Canada from Southampton

marked with a Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a swastika (Hakenkreuz) and an “M” for “Marine” on the reverse

The second letter is sent to Thomsen on Sep 18th

A High Quality Private Purchase Iron Cross 1914 1St Class; Silver Screwback Auction Archive measuring 40 mm x 29A unique Iron Cross 1914 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse consisting of three pieces; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a threaded stud (marked 800 for silver), with a baking plate (marked