Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document To Musketeer Erich Liebig Hold silver center

silver center

the obverse bears a coat of arms with arabeques circumscribed with “ALEX VON BRANDENSTEIN SCHÜTZE 1954 1974”

inscribed “In Eiserner Zeit” above

A Second War Medal Group to Lieutenant Lausanne - Defense Medal

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class With Award Document To Musketeer Erich Liebig Hold silver centerA 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 is plain and bears a banjo style vertical pinback and round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 52