Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example Archive A bronze gilt breast star

A bronze gilt breast star consisting of a red enameled four-armed Point Cross with ball finials

a button-up fly with three bakelite buttons meeting an equal number of reinforced button holes

hand engraved "1839348" on the reverse underneath screwback

CALDWELL" and marked "GOLD FILLED" on the reverse

Grenadier Regiment 695 was re-established and stationed in western Germany

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Private Purchase Example Archive A bronze gilt breast star(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and a silver alloy, 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, unmarked,