Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann, C. 1940 Auction Klasse für 25 Jahre)

Klasse für 25 Jahre)

was he awarded the Ritterkreuz posthumously

S-Z colour diamonds

unmarked but with the characteristics of manufacture by C

The King's Royal Rifles

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann, C. 1940 Auction Klasse für 25 Jahre)(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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked