Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With length of original ribbon

With length of original ribbon

marked "80" on the reverse

The interior is unlined

including action at Laing’s Nek

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With length of original ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 original