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

Sword incorporates a magnetic steel blade

1 Repatriation Depot on September 10

blunt tip with blood grooves (fullers) on both sides and marked "GES

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

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,