Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of An extremely well-preserved Heer Gebirgsjäger

An extremely well-preserved Heer Gebirgsjäger Administration Officer’s dress tunic

with twenty-nine photographs illustrating the men at work

1797 - 22 Maerz 1897 (German - In remembrance of the one hundredth birthday of Wilhelm I)

olive green wool backer

In 1855 he issued a law to affiliate the army of Saxony-Altenburg with Prussia

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of An extremely well-preserved Heer Gebirgsjäger(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918). Constructed of silver and brass, consisting of a convex Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 15 mm (w) x 43. 35 mm (h), weighing 15. 8