EK1 Iron Cross 1st Class 1914, screwback (Meybauer)

Item description

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse 1914 – Iron Cross 1st Class 1914

Reference: OEK 1908

Iron Cross from I. Word War, instituted on 5.8.1914 by Emperor Wilhelm II.

Three piece construction, light vaulted, with magnetic core. Manufacturing form the World War 2 period. No maker’s mark, but a known type by Paul Meybeuer, Berlin.

Very nice condition, not cleaned, with almost intact blackening.