Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version In Silver certificate_of_authenticity silver aluminum wire insignia in

silver aluminum wire insignia in the form of a Luftwaffe-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

and had been a Sergeant for two years with the 11th R

the reverse bearing a central inscription of “FÜR KRIEGS-HILFSDIENST” (“FOR VOLUNTARY WAR AID”)

The Battalion sailed with a strength of 46 officers and 1

in addition to family

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version In Silver certificate_of_authenticity silver aluminum wire insignia in(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 reverse with two threaded lugs set into the six and twelve oclock arms, retaining matching zink backplate with two period original nuts, the cross