Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Newly Listed a size stamp of “57”

a size stamp of “57” is clearly visible in black ink

7 mm (h) x 55

joined together at the bottom by a red enameled banner bearing silvered Russian Cyrillic letters “СССР”

Impregnable (1904

in an attempt to estab­lish rou­tine dis­ci­pline became ridicu­lous

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Newly Listed a size stamp of “57”(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 an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,