Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Screwback Version by Otto Schickle, c. 1937 certificate_of_authenticity (Waffen-SS Porträt mit Unterschrift)

(Waffen-SS Porträt mit Unterschrift)

measuring 74 mm (w) x 73 mm (h)

Clerk of the Peace in and for the County of York

According to the Knights’ Statutes

single-staple bound

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Screwback Version by Otto Schickle, c. 1937 certificate_of_authenticity (Waffen-SS Porträt mit Unterschrift)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of a brass alloy, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened core within ribbed and silvered 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 featuring a central threaded screw post retaining an original backplate and nut,