Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn Newly Listed He went on to be

He went on to be appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army Personnel Department 2 in the rank of Colonel in 1927

It states that Unteroffizier (NCO) Herbert Miehrig of the Staff Battery on Flak Regiment 18 has been awarded the Krimschild (Crimea Shield)

with appealing dark patina around the edges of the cross and the black core nicely preserved

exhibiting wear in the corners and scuffing overall

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn Newly Listed He went on to be(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 barrel hinge emanating from an elongated oval plate and vertical pinback meeting a round wire