Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Auction as published in the Canada

as published in the Canada Gazette

exterior printed in black ink on an orange field

and decorations of the Imperial German Air Force during the First World War

light soiling on the reverse)

with slight enamel loss to obverse centre

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Auction as published in the Canada(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse, an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded lug retaining an original nut,