Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac during the retreat on the

during the retreat on the Second Army front in April 1918

each point noting the name of the manufacturer

Edward VII (5229 Cpl

scuffing at the edges

A list of the decipherable ones follows:

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac during the retreat on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Schraubscheibe). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 central threaded lug retaining a small serrated