Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class By The Stuttgart Mint Archive 2) A War Merit Cross

2) A War Merit Cross Second Class ribbon with miniature crossed swords

later sighting debris and two lifeboats

123 had been wounded and 48 were declared missing

surface rust evident on the edges and on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class By The Stuttgart Mint Archive 2) A War Merit Cross(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a convex 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch with a unique functional