Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Iron Cross visually-hidden vertical pin and the mark

vertical pin and the mark “HORSTATTER BONN”

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featuring a blue field bearing a raised and silvered company monogram

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Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Iron Cross visually-hidden vertical pin and the mark(Eisernes Kreuze). Constructed of blackened bronze, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with black enameled arms trimmed with ribbed borders, bearing a central circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the six oclock arm bearing a raised monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, topped by a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised date of 1813 topped by a crown, the reverse with a barrel