Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Auction Archive circumscribed by “Danilo I

circumscribed by “Danilo I

certified by the handwritten signature of an unidentified Oberstleutnant

Footnote: issued very seldom to exceptional pilots or highest ranking Air Force Officers

3) Signed Photograph of Heinrich Starke

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Auction Archive circumscribed by “Danilo I(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse, Schraubscheibe). 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, 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, the twelve oclock arm