Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Newly Listed An Officer’s dress dagger

An Officer’s dress dagger

restored during the Second Restoration

measuring 280 mm (w) x 195 mm (h)

Signature on Post War Photo: Werner Pfitzer

the medal has lost most of its silver finish and there is some material fatigue evident to the case

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Newly Listed An Officer’s dress dagger(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, bearing a