Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive On the night of March

On the night of March 23rd

Kraas’s regiment was tasked with taking a strategically important hill near the town of Bykowka (Bykivka

grip in white colored synthetic material

BERLIN” and a maker’s marked of “JFS” for Josef Feix & Söhne

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Auction Archive On the night of March(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). 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 an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round write catch, maker