Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Hawkes left for England on

Hawkes left for England on September 25

96mm in length

evidence of pinback replacement

and no doubts other

with a swastika in the middle

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Hawkes left for England on(Eisernes 1914 Kreuz I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a hand 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round