Germany, Imperial. A Pair Of 1914 Iron Cross, I And Ii Classes Hold and a handwritten owner’s name

and a handwritten owner’s name of “MINDERMANN”

which disqualified him for further service in the engineers

The silvered brass scabbard is bedecked with ornate designs on the chape

the underside of the braid with a protective off-white strip of fabric

Germany, Imperial. A Pair Of 1914 Iron Cross, I And Ii Classes Hold and a handwritten owner’s name(Eisernen Kreuze 1914). A pair of 1914 Iron Crosses, including: 1. A I Class award, 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 an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker