Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Kag United Republic of SCHWERTNER EGGENBERG

SCHWERTNER EGGENBERG

each one of leaves being individually enameled

We were congratulated by the Commanding Officer on taking so few prisoners

Seeing the destruction of the main column

or in the advance from the Rhine to the Elbe

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Kag United Republic of SCHWERTNER EGGENBERG(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback