Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Ordine di Merito Militare /

(Ordine di Merito Militare / Ordine del Merito Civile)

After the fall of Communism

lugs and pin assembly on reverse

illustrating the coat of arms of Hungary held by two angels mounted to a cross base

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Ordine di Merito Militare /(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 restitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire