Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz)

(Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz)

1917 to July 18

mounted to a silver gilt ten-pointed star

Each is pinned or screwed in place to a series of eight red-faced card-based boards

issued at divisional headquarters on 1 September 1944

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz)(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 narrow block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire