Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed on guard duty

on guard duty

dated “MDCCCXXXIV” (1834)

The second letter is dated to Würzburg on August 2

the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Josef

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed on guard duty(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, 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 wide vertical pinback meeting a round