Prussia, State. A Cased Iron Cross 1914 First Class, Amiens / 4./4.1918 Archive and corded rank stripes

and corded rank stripes

maker marked "MK"

and flat hand embroidered silver aluminum bullion wires in the shape of an oak wreath with an eagle in the centre clutching a mobile swastika in its talons

various pages from the London Gazette

Prussia, State. A Cased Iron Cross 1914 First Class, Amiens / 4./4.1918 Archive and corded rank stripes(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse im Etui). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a vertical pinback and a functional hinge catch assembly privately engraved Sturm auf Mailly Vizef. A. Ficinus R. I. R. 24. 1. 5. Kp. bei Amiens