Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction Covered by a smoke screen

Covered by a smoke screen laid down by their artillery

suspended by period enameled green laurel wreath also in Gold

the former maker marked “DESCHLER & SOHN

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Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction Covered by a smoke screen(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 central threaded lug retaining a backplate in the shape of a Cross Patte, in turn secured in