Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Variant Pinback, with Sedlatzek Mark Republic of (Croix de Guerre 1914-15) War

(Croix de Guerre 1914-15) War Cross 1914-1915

The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts

unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of an early Schinkel frame version by Wilhelm Deumer

1 July 1873

Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Variant Pinback, with Sedlatzek Mark Republic of (Croix de Guerre 1914-15) War(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 protruding lug culminating in a crescent shaped tip, stamped with a