Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic below bears a scrolled curving

below bears a scrolled curving ribbon with the inscription “In Treue Fest”

dated 1905)

received on August 11

measuring 19 mm (w) x 20

with an arm length of 580 mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic below bears a scrolled curving(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an 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 lug retaining an original