Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed it is stamped in black

it is stamped in black ink with the British Broad Arrow acceptance mark

1945 while piloting Spitfire IXb-MJ456 south of Schwerin)

He was part of a different regiment

exhibiting overall gilt wear and contact marks on the brass fittings

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed it is stamped in black(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 crimped hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round wire