Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden printed by Edmond Cloutier

printed by Edmond Cloutier

10 General Hospital at Rouen on August 7th

Very clean and complete example without any major flaws on the outside

67 mm (w) x 53

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden printed by Edmond Cloutier(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 1813, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,