Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction and there is some loss

and there is some loss of paint to the scabbard

maker marked "BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN" on the reverse

Luftschutz Award 2nd

he was captured by the invading Russians in 1945

inscribed "AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA FOR LONG AND EFFICIENT SERVICE" and engraved "W

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction and there is some loss(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