Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by H.B.G. Auction Archive Staff Sergeant Lewis J

Staff Sergeant Lewis J

inscribed "NAPOLEON III" at the left and "EMPEREUR" to the right

disembarking at Le Havre on August 14

Instructors

diagonally across the wreath is a Karabiner 98k rifle with the carrying sling hanging down from the rifle and with the bayonet attached

Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by H.B.G. Auction Archive Staff Sergeant Lewis J(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 elongated block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback