An Unusual Cased Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Silver Counter Plated Version Auction squared corner

squared corner

and France: Croix de Guerre (bronze

trimmed in gold-coloured bullion wire cord on either side

20th Infantry Battalion "1st Central Ontario Battalion"

Accompanied by photograph of veteran to which the medal was awarded

An Unusual Cased Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Silver Counter Plated Version Auction squared cornerAn unusual Iron Cross 1914 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse; silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse marked 800, as well as M. v. R., and with two threaded studs, one on the reverse of the upper arm, and