Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Newly Listed stitched onto the peak is

stitched onto the peak is a Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

at Dispersal Station "M"

taking the form of a deer’s hoof

in an attempt to estab­lish rou­tine dis­ci­pline became ridicu­lous

joined together at the bottom by a red enameled banner bearing silvered Russian Cyrillic letters “СССР”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Newly Listed stitched onto the peak is(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,