Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden they would every day bear

they would every day bear renewed ardour in deserving them by their actions

measuring 28 mm (w) x 22 mm (h)

Ontario (blue ink on card

67 mm (w) x 53

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden they would every day bear(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 1813, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,