Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Clamshell Screwback Version, With Case GTRexclude Accompanied by its Ribbon Bar

Accompanied by its Ribbon Bar with enamelled red star

two weeks after arriving in France

named to “UNTEROFFIZIER GUSTAV WAGENMANN”

the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot in Kansas City

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Clamshell Screwback Version, With Case GTRexclude Accompanied by its Ribbon Bar(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a slightly 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 central threaded lug connecting