Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Archive handwritten message in black ink

handwritten message in black ink on the inside spread from Gefreiter Gerhard Haubold

John the Evangelist is a Christian Order of Freemasonry

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surface wear and contact marks throughout

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Archive handwritten message in black ink(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Schraubbefestigung). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with 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 two threaded screw posts emanating from the six