Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac obverse with wreathed inscription “LANDWEHR

obverse with wreathed inscription “LANDWEHR DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG II

He lasted only four months with the Veterans Guard

Of very good quality make and with excellent details throughout Maker marked "BSW Bruder Schneider Wien" on the pin

missing all three of its reverse attachment prongs

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac obverse with wreathed inscription “LANDWEHR(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed and silvered 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat