Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1955 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and overlaid by a German

and overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika flanked by a date of “1936”

He finally went back to flying front missions in August 1944

After seven weeks at Ste

Annie Downing

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1955 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and overlaid by a German(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1914, Museumsstck). 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 an royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW