Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Province of China A Luftwaffe Fleet Air Arm

A Luftwaffe Fleet Air Arm EM/NCO’s sleeve badge

he became the legion’s commanding officer in April

“I” for “Mark I”

measuring 50 mm (w) x 113 mm (l)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Province of China A Luftwaffe Fleet Air Arm(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, 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 narrow block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,