Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive The certificate for the War

The certificate for the War Merit Cross is made out to Oberleutnant (Senior Lieutenant) Kunze on the Staff of the Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung (Flak Searchlight Detachment) 328

in addition to having saved the lives of individuals on two former occasions

he was survived by his wife

measuring 74 mm (w) x 54

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Archive The certificate for the War(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 threaded channel retaining a period original backplate with a