Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Maker United Republic of the exterior of which is

the exterior of which is overlaid by a matte black leatherette liner

in coloured canvas with leather straps

the obverse overlaid by an additional layer of golden-brown rayon bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

as his son had reached the age of 19

First badge is silvered die-stamped tin with blue

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Maker United Republic of the exterior of which is(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 rounded catch, maker