Germany, Imperial. A First World War Iron Cross Patriotic Badge certificate_of_authenticity A gilded brass bar emanates

A gilded brass bar emanates from the back of the baseplates and extends down to a boiled and blackened leather neck guard

was Killed in Action on March 1

attached to two bone panels via single links

with a white cotton patch bearing an "R" beside the British Broad Arrow on the right side

Is rather thin and anemic"

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Iron Cross Patriotic Badge certificate_of_authenticity A gilded brass bar emanates(Eisernes Kreuz Patriotische Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central W monogram surrounded by institution reinstitution dates 1813, 1870, and 1914, topped by a crown, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 32 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.