Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn Auction representing the Franconia electoral district

representing the Franconia electoral district and continued thus to the end of World War II

Beobachter- Abzeichen"

the interior content consisting of eight off-white card stock pages (two loose) pasted with 37 black-and-white photos

the reverse is numbered 693

metal base

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn Auction representing the Franconia electoral district(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 barrel hinge emanating from an elongated oval plate and vertical pinback meeting a round wire