Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By K.a.g. Archive Footnote: Arthur Hermann Donecker was

Footnote: Arthur Hermann Donecker was born on January 21

on a full-length replacement ribbon

1814) and served a total of fourteen years and one hundred days (March 13

1918” in black gothic lettering

with magnetic push button catch and release in functioning order

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By K.a.g. Archive Footnote: Arthur Hermann Donecker 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 a wide block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback