Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of IV - Metal to Market

IV - Metal to Market

reverse inscribed "Serie E

Two submarines were lost and three other submarines and a light cruiser were damaged

"28 OCTOBER 1955"

The motto of the Order appears on the medallion and is "Isänmaan hyväksi" (For the well-being or benefit or advantage of the Fatherland)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of IV - Metal to Market(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the six oclock arm stamped with a silver content number of 800,