Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version visually-hidden lightly filled with handwritten entries

lightly filled with handwritten entries

enamel repair evident on one gear spoke

(Medaillenkette)

nice silver finish

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version visually-hidden lightly filled with handwritten entries(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining a period