Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Hold missing cross atop crown

missing cross atop crown

free of chipping and crazing

1916 in Lentz) was the first German World War I flying ace

with parade belt

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Hold missing cross atop crown(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a thick round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 87 mm (w) x 43. 81 mm (h), weighing 15. 9 grams, and in good