Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class In Case GTRexclude Machine embroidered pink (Feurerwehr) eagle

Machine embroidered pink (Feurerwehr) eagle with black swastika on grey-coloured wool backer

Military District No

spot of glue residue on the reverse from previous board mounting

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (yellow embroidered lettering on blue felt

5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class In Case GTRexclude Machine embroidered pink (Feurerwehr) eagle(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 maker marked KO, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire