You are bidding on  a BEAUTIFUL CONDITION.....TOLD CIRCA WORLD WAR 1...DATED 1916 "IN EISERNER ZEIT (woman kneeling handing over her precious jewelry) 1916" WHICH CAME OUT OF A FAMILY ESTATE

I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS STYLE MEDAL BUT DATED 1916....THIS IS ORIGINAL, NOT A COPY.....THE ORIGINAL OWNER SAID THIS HAD TO DO WITH AN EFFORT TO HAVE FAMILIES TURN OVER THEIR GOLD AND JEWELRY FOR THE "WAR EFFORT"....AND IN EXCHANGE THEY RECEIVED THIS MEDAL FOR THEIR PATRIOTISM.

The rough translation....."I GAVE GOLD FOR THE FIGHT - I TOOK IRON FOR HONOUR"

THIS CAME OUT OF A FAMILY MILITARY ESTATE, WAS CAREFULLY STORED AND SEEMS IN VERY SHARP CONDITION

FOR BEING ISSUED IN WWI AND DATED IN 1916, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL NATURAL PATINA CONDITION. IT LITERALLY CAME OUT OF A CIGAR BOX OF MILITARY MEDALS...WATCH FOR FUTURE LISTINGS

A  SCARCE WORLD WAR I GREAT WORLD WAR DATED 1916 "IN EISERNER ZEIT" MEDAL GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO TURNED IN THEIR FAMILY JEWELRY FOR THE WAR EFFORT....IN NICE CONDITION

an amazing pc of 1916 World War One history....

Thanks so much for looking....collect and invest in history!!!!!   Tangible assets are always the best ones.