Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic one of the conflicts composing

one of the conflicts composing the Battle of the Somme

an imprint of Pen and Sword Books Limited of Barsley

Two visible magnetic metal rivets hold the grips firmly in place

a 57th Division badge

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic one of the conflicts composing(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 post retaining an original silver cruciform backplate and