Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO visually-hidden A rare Kriegsmarine-issue Soldbuch

A rare Kriegsmarine-issue Soldbuch

trimmed along both the top and bottom with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire piping

Moscow) on the reverse

12cm x 6cm ((4 ½ x 2 ½ inches)

43 mm (h - inclusive of integral ball)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO visually-hidden A rare Kriegsmarine-issue Soldbuch(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,