Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Auction on loop for suspension without

on loop for suspension without crown

Some six weeks later the same pilot took off on a similar reconnaissance of the Rufiji delta with Commander R

73 mm x 500 mm overall

reverse silvered

one of two screwbacks intact

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Auction on loop for suspension without(1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse). Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm II 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 Issue). A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Pate of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, screw back version, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse plain, unmarked,