Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, With Commemorative Badge Auction Archive supplemented by black-and-white photographs and

supplemented by black-and-white photographs and sketches of model marks

Printed in two-colour ink (two with blue

and green ribbon

Thompson was a resident of Canfield

Buckle in silvered aluminum on the right end of the belt

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, With Commemorative Badge Auction Archive supplemented by black-and-white photographs and(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Erinnerungsabzeichen). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 central threaded lug retaining an