Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer GTRexclude which was actually even lighter

which was actually even lighter than the contemporary fire helmets

inside border inscribed with Order motto “EIN GOTT

each bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with green threaded chevrons and pinned with zink Reichsfinanzverwaltung cyphers

A Mint Second War Defence Medal

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Gebrüder Friedländer GTRexclude which was actually even lighter(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 a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker