Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer United Republic of with a paper label embroidered

with a paper label embroidered to the exterior bearing a handwritten inscription indicating the the material was retrieved from a German aircraft downed over the Somme in 1918 (likely during the eponymous Second Battle)

A fine quality manufacture German Social Welfare Organization Merit Cross

the medallion superimposed presenting a white and blue enamelled Maltese Cross

The lanyard consisting of a badge attached to a knotted backer and a thick braid with loops for button attachment on either end

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer United Republic of with a paper label embroidered(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a 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 retaining an original silver cruciform backplate and