Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class By The Stuttgart Mint Archive 175th Field Artillery (bronze gilt

175th Field Artillery (bronze gilt with red

and a textbook Luftwaffe eagle on the top of the badge

123 had been wounded and 48 were declared missing

creases evident

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class By The Stuttgart Mint Archive 175th Field Artillery (bronze gilt(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a convex 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch with a unique functional