can anyone tell me what this is please

[alan thomas]

hi this is too large for a ww1 medal but it does have a hanging ring on the back of it also states 1914 but no end of war date it is aprrox 5-6 inch square

[stanmapstone]

It is a version of a German Iron Cross, but a Goolgle image search for "1914 Iron Cross" does not show anything similar.


Stan

[Nanna52]

There is something similar here.

http://www.icollector.com/1914-IRON-CROSS-W-1939-SPANGE-TO-THE-IRON-CROSS-1ST-CLASS_i11441422

[MaxD]

See http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/World-War-One-Iron-Cross-2nd-Class-Medals-/10000000018054297/g.html.
Second class rather than first?

[stanmapstone]

See http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/iron_cross.htm. All Iron Crosses have the same basic shape but there is nothing like the one you have.

Stan

[alan thomas]

It is a version of a German Iron Cross, but a Goolgle image search for "1914 Iron Cross" does not show anything similar.

def not a medal far too large I thought maybe a wall hanging
Stan

[MaxD]

Given the size, could it be part of a gravestone/memorial decoration?  As Stan says, it is the foliage at the back which doesn't appear to appear (as it were) in any images of variants of the Iron Cross.

[km1971]

Another site suggests various options, including grave marker - http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=186015

Ken