Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed with the wreath overlaid by

with the wreath overlaid by three white-enameled gulls

first seeing action during the attack on Falaise on the night of August 7–8

the suspension loop bearing an illegible maker’s mark

1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater

(Panzergrenadier-Division Großdeutschland Schulterklappen)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed with the wreath overlaid by(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed 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 an elongated barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a