Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, K.a.g. Archive the outside edge of the

the outside edge of the lid embossed with a fine golden line around all four sides

must have served in France and Belgium during those years

marked on upper side “Schmöle & Comp

obverse silver finish intact

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, K.a.g. Archive the outside edge of the(1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse) Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm II 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 Issue). A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Pate of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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