Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Newly Listed Private George William Cruise was

Private George William Cruise was discharged upon demobilization at No

measuring 42 mm in width

stitched onto the peak is a Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

7 mm (h) x 55

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Newly Listed Private George William Cruise was(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,