Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive Very scarce Croat POW souvenir

Very scarce Croat POW souvenir

under the command of Lieutenant D

Anagnostopoulos of Athens)

presenting plain indicating a rank of SS-Mann

the obverse depicting a leftward facing bust of Goethe

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive Very scarce Croat POW souvenir(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat and rounded catch,