Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Dedicated To A Veteran Of The West African Theatre consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 10 mm (w) x 75

10 mm (w) x 75

on May 22nd

Co” for Julius Bauer & Söhne

Harold Rodgers Groff was born on September 28

both with intact prong and screwback)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Dedicated To A Veteran Of The West African Theatre consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 10 mm (w) x 75(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 round wire catch, bearing an