Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed Sword incorporates a magnetic steel

Sword incorporates a magnetic steel blade

the loose end of the tab broken off at the first row of adjustment holes

a German stronghold

1 Repatriation Depot on September 10

Blockade Breaker to Ireland 8-22 April 1916"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed Sword incorporates a magnetic steel(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse bearing a central initial W, the six ocock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,