$295.00
GERMANY – IRON CROSS – 1914 – 1st CLASS – NON VAULTED.
This is a very fine, privately-purchased 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. The cross boasts very fine paint that rates at 100%. The frame’s patina is quite striking. The cross is magnetic and features a top-quality, swollen pin on its reverse. It is NOT vaulted. Its overall condition is excellent.
GERMANY – IRON CROSS – 1914 – 1st CLASS – NON VAULTED.
This is a very fine, privately-purchased 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. The cross boasts very fine paint that rates at 100%. The frame’s patina is quite striking. The cross is magnetic and features a top-quality, swollen pin on its reverse. It is NOT vaulted. Its overall condition is excellent.
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GERMANY – IRON CROSS – 1914 – 1st CLASS – NON VAULTED.
This is a very fine, privately-purchased 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. The cross boasts very fine paint that rates at 100%. The frame’s patina is quite striking. The cross is magnetic and features a top-quality, swollen pin on its reverse. It is NOT vaulted. Its overall condition is excellent.
$595.00
This is a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class in its original presentation case. The Iron Cross is of the flat, or non vaulted variety. The paint on the obverse rates about 90%. The patina on the frame is quite pleasing. The Iron Cross is hallmarked .800 silver under the catch on its reverse. The Iron Cross has an excellent mirrored reverse. The presentation case sports a silver embossed Iron Cross on the outer lid. The catch mechanism of the case does not operate. Some warping shows on the sides
This is a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class in its original presentation case. The Iron Cross is of the flat, or non vaulted variety. The paint on the obverse rates about 90%. The patina on the frame is quite pleasing. The Iron Cross is hallmarked .800 silver under the catch on its reverse. The Iron Cross has an excellent mirrored reverse. The presentation case sports a silver embossed Iron Cross on the outer lid. The catch mechanism of the case does not operate. Some warping shows on the sides.
$650.00
This is a mini group to an officer who received the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. His name was Hauptmann d. L. II Karl Pletscher. As indicated on the document, Pletscher was a member of Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr 30. At the time of the award he was forty-four years-old and hardly a youngster. The award document measures 6 1/4″ x 8.” It features the award date (1. April 1918) and the regimental commander’s signature (he was a major). [This illustrates the officers’ attrition rate by the late war, having a major command a regiment instead of an oberst]. A privately-purchased EK 1 accompanies the document. The Iron Cross is a “KO-manufactured,” flat (non vaulted) model, which was the primary, issued 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. We can see the KO hallmark under the reverse’s catch. A large-format photograph depicts Pletscher when he was a younger officer, probably as a leutnant around the turn of the 20th Century. A 10 September 1918 clipping from Berlin’s Allgemeiner Anzeiger zum Militär Wochenblatt (General Gazette Weekly Newspaper for the Military) accompanies the mini group. It features several soldiers’ obituaries, including Pletscher’s. His mentions that he died on the battlefield on 10 August 1918, exactly a month before the obituary notice. This is an interesting, and ultimately, touching, group of items.
This is a mini group to an officer who received the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. His name was Hauptmann d. L. II Karl Pletscher. As indicated on the document, Pletscher was a member of Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr 30. At the time of the award he was forty-four years-old and hardly a youngster. The award document measures 6 1/4″ x 8.” It features the award date (1. April 1918) and the regimental commander’s signature (he was a major). [This illustrates the officers’ attrition rate by the late war, having a major command a regiment instead of an oberst]. A privately-purchased EK 1 accompanies the document. The Iron Cross is a “KO-manufactured,” flat (non vaulted) model, which was the primary, issued 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. We can see the KO hallmark under the reverse’s catch. A large-format photograph depicts Pletscher when he was a younger officer, probably as a leutnant around the turn of the 20th Century. A 10 September 1918 clipping from Berlin’s Allgemeiner Anzeiger zum Militär Wochenblatt (General Gazette Weekly Newspaper for the Military) accompanies the mini group. It features several soldiers’ obituaries, including Pletscher’s. His mentions that he died on the battlefield on 10 August 1918, exactly a month before the obituary notice. This is an interesting, and ultimately, touching, group of items.
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$175.00
I am not quite sure what was the use for this oversized Iron Cross, although it appears to be of a patriotic nature. Having said that, it is quite large, measuring 3″ x 2 e.” It is about the size of a Grand Cross. It is stamped and has a loop at the top where it could have been worn as a pendant. However, this is huge! It would have taken up a LOT of space under a lady’s neck. It is stamped and there is a wreath of leaves that connects the arms of the cross. It is more likely that it was used as a wall decoration. This is definitely a different kind of item!
I am not quite sure what was the use for this oversized Iron Cross, although it appears to be of a patriotic nature. Having said that, it is quite large, measuring 3″ x 2 e.” It is about the size of a Grand Cross. It is stamped and has a loop at the top where it could have been worn as a pendant. However, this is huge! It would have taken up a LOT of space under a lady’s neck. It is stamped and there is a wreath of leaves that connects the arms of the cross. It is more likely that it was used as a wall decoration. This is definitely a different kind of item!