Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Named Hold An 1887 Army Temperance Association

An 1887 Army Temperance Association

mounted to an silver gilt and white enamelled cross base

engraver marked "Scheürich" below the pig at the right

Footnote: The Hilinka Guard was the paramilitary unit created by Catholic Priest Andrej Hlinka and controlled by the Slovak People's Party or HSSP

within a wreath of stylized oak leaves and acorns

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Named Hold An 1887 Army Temperance Association(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed convex 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked with the