Germany, Imperial. A Set of Three Patriotic Iron Cross Brooches

Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross Patriotic Sweetheart Pin, A First War period German brooch constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band, featuring an Imperial Crown at the centre with oak leaves decorating both sides, the reverse presents a horizontal pinback, measures 35.72 mm (w) x 8.63 mm (h), with a black-enamelled 1914 Iron Cross suspended below; Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross Patriotic Sweetheart Pin, A First War period German brooch constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band, featuring a central eagle superimposed over oak branches, the reverse missing the pinback, measuring 36.85 mm (w) x 11.62 mm (h), a 1914 Iron Cross paty hangs from the beak of the eagle; Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross Patriotic Sweetheart Pin, A First War period German brooch constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band, featuring a sprig of oak with an acorn, the left and right read “1914 1916”, the reverse bears a horizontal pinback, measuring 32.97 mm (w) x 13.48 mm (h), attached below is a black-enamelled 1914 Iron Cross, all very fine.