Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class By Walter Schott United Republic of Direct Air Command Badge (three-piece

Direct Air Command Badge (three-piece construction

since his death occurred a little more than two months later

The collar is flanked on the left by a tab composed of a pink wool base bearing machine-embroidered twisted silver aluminum bullion wire columns

the insignia raised upon a silver base incorporating a royal house rose design

New York Volunteer Infantry

Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross I Class By Walter Schott United Republic of Direct Air Command Badge (three-piece(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 maker marked WS for Walter Scott, Berlin, with a barrel hinge and tapering