Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Carl Dillenius, with Case Buy Now and Victory Medal (461425 CPL

and Victory Medal (461425 CPL

Kuchtner”

They were attempting the recovery of a downed O-1F pilot

after the invasion of Italy

35 mm (w) x 25

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by Carl Dillenius, with Case Buy Now and Victory Medal (461425 CPL(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire