Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of light contact wear evident

light contact wear evident

measuring 117 mm (w) x 37 mm (h) x 188 mm (l)

with twenty-nine photographs illustrating the men at work

a postcard depicting a black-and-white photograph of Luftwaffe fighter ace Hans-Joachim Marseille

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of light contact wear evident(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918). Constructed of silver and brass, consisting of a convex 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 reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 15 mm (w) x 43. 35 mm (h), weighing 15. 8