Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, By Godet & Sohn United Republic of surface wear causing a fading

surface wear causing a fading at the right end of the date and contact marks on the reverse

a faint "1" widowed above the "2" in "24761"

he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

5cm across

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, By Godet & Sohn United Republic of surface wear causing a fading(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 an elongated block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback