Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Province of China with original (tattered) period ribbon

with original (tattered) period ribbon

Marked 800 Silver - Silver frame with iron core

A Pair of Kreis Abschnittsleiter Collar Tabs - In gilded metal insignia attached by prongs to the tab

(i) Cap Badge (cockade in bronze gilt with red and blue enamels affixed via a screwback

a group photo depicting Bock in postwar Reichswehr service

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Province of China with original (tattered) period ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse, Schraubscheibe). 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 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 central threaded post retaining a period replacement