Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive The pommel exhibits the cogwheel

The pommel exhibits the cogwheel device on both sides

on reverse with makers cartouche by Cravanzola

surrounded by “Der Einer und Führer aller Deutschen” (The Unier and Leader of all Germans)

Type III: Silver

maker marked “Eugen Schmidhäusler

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Archive The pommel exhibits the cogwheel(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,