Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version visually-hidden The tunic is unmarked and

The tunic is unmarked and measures approximately 415 mm across the shoulders

the obverse bearing machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire tresses around a single silver-grey threaded rank pip

eight with gilt

and torpedo bombers) when the group was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex

Discharge Certificate and Department of Veterans Affairs Death Notification (dated January 20

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Vaulted Screwback Version visually-hidden The tunic is unmarked and(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 a central threaded screw post retaining a period original clamshell style backplate,