Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Maker certificate_of_authenticity (Marine Korps Flandernkreuz)

(Marine Korps Flandernkreuz)

It features a collar and is fully surrounded by an array of zink buttons meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes

measuring 134 mm (w) x 60 mm (h)

the lid bearing the crowned Polish eagle surrounded by the inscription "POLONIA RESTITVTA" in gold-coloured ink

subsequently sent to Order Chancellery where missing part was replaced

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Maker certificate_of_authenticity (Marine Korps Flandernkreuz)(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 rounded catch, maker