Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Archive The body of the Shako

The body of the Shako has an extruding

but with none of the gilding or silvering remaining

It is constructed of white cotton linen with a multi-coloured print on the obverse

It measures 210 mm x 147 mm

04 mm (w) x 25

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Archive The body of the Shako(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Schraubbefestigung). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with 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 two threaded screw posts emanating from the six