Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Archive DEARBORN LODGE NO

DEARBORN LODGE NO

surrounding a white enameled medallion bearing a central black mobile swastika

social and philanthropic achievement

maker marked "PICHL KLAMMER INNSBRUCK" on the reverse

the text below the picture as a Detachment Commander in the SS Panzer Division “Das Reich

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Auction Archive DEARBORN LODGE NO(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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,