Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, c. 1935 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Dated to Bückeburg on May

Dated to Bückeburg on May 23

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surrounded by an engraved French inscription TRAVAIL ET PROGRES (Labour and Progress)

54 mm (w) x 35

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, c. 1935 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Dated to Bückeburg on May(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 central threaded post retaining both its original backplate and nut