Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive a post war SS discharge

a post war SS discharge paper (199x327mm

85 mm (h) with three thread reinforced buckle holes

(Ehrenzeichen 2

the 57th Battalion of Infantry was designated as the 57th Regiment

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive a post war SS discharge(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 1914, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback with an unusual tip meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring