An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Second War Manufacture Screw-Back Version Auction Cap Badge: pickled brass

Cap Badge: pickled brass

with the latter missing five studs

32 mm x 44

with repeating large black rules separated by four thin rules above indicating elevations of 100 feet

with the 5th Battalion

An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; Second War Manufacture Screw-Back Version Auction Cap Badge: pickled brassAn Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a soldered on nut for screw back attachment, but missing the screw back plate; measuring 44. 43 mm x 44. 33 mm; weighing 16. 1