An original German World War I Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 by F&BL. The medal is three-part construction, featuring a magnetic iron core with a  nickle silver frame.
An original German World War I Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 by F&BL. The medal is three-part construction, featuring a magnetic iron core, nickle silver frame and closed four on the institution date.
Reverse image of an original German World War I Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 by F&BL.
Reverse image of an original German World War I Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 by F&BL.
Reverse image of an original German World War I Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 by F&BL.

German WW1 Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 By F&BL

An original German World War I Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 by F&BL. The medal is three-part construction, featuring a magnetic iron core with a  nickle silver frame. The obverse of the medal has an imperial crown at the top of the arm, and a ‘W’ in the centre for Kaiser Wilhelm II, with ‘1914’ which has closed 4 indicating it’s an interwar medal attributed to F&BL for Funke & Brüninghaus of Lüdenscheid. The reverse of the Iron Cross has a block barrel style hinge with a banjo style pin and round wire catch. The medal has the original factory paint finish with a few chips otherwise in good condition.

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WW1 IRON CROSS

The German Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) is a former military Prussian decoration, awarded for bravery, and later restored by Adolf Hitler in 1939.

The Iron Cross of World War II was graded into three main categories the Iron Cross 2nd Class (EKII), Iron Cross 1st Class (EK1) and the Knights Cross which replaced the Prussian Pour le Mérite or “Blue Max” as Hitler did not approve of much of the old Prussian order award only to officers.

The Prussian Iron Cross 1914 with black and white ribbon, was replaced with the red, white and black colours adopted by The National Socialist German Workers’ Party. with a Swastika added in the centre with 1939 beneath.

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