Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To Leutnant Ernst Schaller Auction GREENWOOD)

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the badge exhibiting residue in the recessed areas from cleaning

as an Observer and was to take part in several aerial engagements

1 Clasp - ATJEH 1873-1876

he was again wounded on 19 December 1916

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To Leutnant Ernst Schaller Auction GREENWOOD)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 day of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a screw meeting a backplate and nut, inscribed with a recipients name of Ltn.