Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Auction Archive Florida and the Naval Air

Florida and the Naval Air Station at Alameda

France: War Cross 1914-1918 (1914-1918 reverse

consisting of a mobile swastika within a cogwheel

hallmarked and maker marked "ZUKOV 02" on the screwback

5 mm (w) x 18 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Auction Archive Florida and the Naval Air(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 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 wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a