Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, c. 1935 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic I quickly found him a

I quickly found him a highly competent engineer

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

Dated to Bückeburg on May 23

his unit was sent to Salisbury Plain for additional training and as an officer

stating that his next-of-kin was his father

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, c. 1935 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic I quickly found him a(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