Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Newly Listed with six smaller emanating rays

with six smaller emanating rays between each of the star points

each measuring 40 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

then posted to Fort Churchill

obverse having been painted red and silver tank

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Newly Listed with six smaller emanating rays(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire