Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 100 mm wide x

measuring 100 mm wide x 770 mm in length

Contained in its original case of issue composed of wood and red leatherette

A postwar signed photo of SS-Oberscharführer Ernst Barkmann

bearing a black ink maker’s mark of “PETER KÜPPER

Rothe of Wien

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 100 mm wide x(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed and silvered 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat