Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Archive with very small hairline split

with very small hairline split to 12 o'clock ray

wear and tape residue evident on the exterior of both the lid and base

stating his nationality as Serbian

marked "830S" (silver) and marked "SSH" on the reverse

Alan Boyce from Ontario

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Archive with very small hairline split(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 mobile swastika, 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 narrow vertical pinback meeting a round