Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Auction Archive 33 mm x 51 mm

33 mm x 51 mm inclusive of its star suspension

with a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika

If selected for continuous service he will be seconded for a period of four years

1944 he flew 191 minesweeper missions and destroyed 15 mines in the North Sea

Two clasps: CAPE COLONY

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Auction Archive 33 mm x 51 mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a slightly 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 channel retaining a period original