Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction maker marked "BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN" on

maker marked "BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN" on the reverse

the obverse with a raised and finely-detailed Lübeck coat of arms

The Straja Tarii was a paramilitary youth organization that was modeled after the Hitler Youth and commanded by the King himself

The handle grip is composed to two pieces of pebbled black bakelite

and there is some loss of paint to the scabbard

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction maker marked "BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN" on(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback with an unusual tip meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring