Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Hold of Clayoquot

of Clayoquot

1939 and signed in blue ink by the Regiment Commander

20 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre in Brantford

with only slight contact marks

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Hold of Clayoquot(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback with a