Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity three without attachments)

three without attachments)

The War Diary of the 5th Brigade

Order of Vasa (in GOLD and enamels

five-sided suspension in silvered bronze with red and navy blue enamels

with minor tarnishing of the bronze elements

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity three without attachments)(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 an elongated barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a