Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class By Walter Schott certificate_of_authenticity a copy of his Service

a copy of his Service Records and twelve black and white ship photographs

measuring 58 mm (w) x 19 mm (h)

silhouettes of badges on the underside of one strap and at the opposite obverse end of the other strap from previous re-positioning of insignia

An absolute mint example of this rare cross

It also fought on the mainland when Sicily was evacuated

Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class By Walter Schott certificate_of_authenticity a copy of his Service(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 maker marked WS for Walter Scott, Berlin, with a barrel hinge and tapering