Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Variant by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1930 Hold WWI 184th Infantry Battalion Sweetheart

WWI 184th Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Pin - Two-piece construction

It is part of a limited print run of 2500 copies

and the metal devices demonstrate some oxidation

on top of exceptionally preserved scarlet doeskin background

with nearly all of its silver finish remaining

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Variant by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1930 Hold WWI 184th Infantry Battalion Sweetheart(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped hinge and narrow pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but