Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but managed to escape and

but managed to escape and returned to Germany

there is a upper hanging loop labelled Massarbeit meaning custom made

the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Herzog Albrecht

ALLAN VANCOUVER" on the reverse

(Ordre de l'abeille mellifère)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but managed to escape and(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). 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 a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch,