WW1 "I Gave Gold For Iron" Ring mid century Stones: Blue sapphire & old

Stones: Blue sapphire & old mine cut diamonds

with an openwork gallery and engraved scroll detailing at the shoulders

Five graduated OMC diamonds lie east to west across the head

The head and band are assumed to be a later marriage

WW1 "I Gave Gold For Iron" Ring mid century Stones: Blue sapphire & oldI Gave Gold For Iron A First World War patriotic iron ring with cross. 1914 wasn't the first time a European empire had offered iron jewellery in exchange for the gold jewellery of its citizens. The Prussians ran a very similar scheme in the face of Napoleon's rampage a century earlier (indeed, as did Mussolini's fascist government in Italy a few decades later). Here was the deal in 1914 Austria Hungary: "We need money for the war effort, so women