Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Screwback Version, Privately–Purchased Example certificate_of_authenticity tarnishing and surface wear evident

tarnishing and surface wear evident on the three silver medals

the reverse medallion presents the same central figure as obverse

surrounded by the inscription "DIVI PATRIS MONIMENENTVM INAVGVRATVM GRAECII" and dated "1841" below

with Lord Robert's Message to the Troops on the inside front cover

In May and June 1940

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Screwback Version, Privately–Purchased Example certificate_of_authenticity tarnishing and surface wear evident(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe Unmagnetisch). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of a blackened and silvered bronze alloy, consisting of a one piece vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with black painted arms, 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 central threaded screwpost retaining an