Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Auction 11th Battalion of Infantry Argenteuil

11th Battalion of Infantry Argenteuil Rangers Helmet Plate - Gilt metal star pattern three-piece Victorian helmet plate

within a white enameled belt and buckle bearing a silvered date of “1866” with arabesques

Divisione Fanteria di Marina "San Marco") was one of the divisions of the Fascist Repubblica Sociale Italiana (RSI) or

The latter was the official insignia maker in the 1960s

Bronze with a copper-coloured gilt

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Auction 11th Battalion of Infantry Argenteuil(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire