Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of Cross Fourth Class with Crown

Cross Fourth Class with Crown

and lightly warped through moisture

Large Group to Navigator and Bombardier Heinrich Kuhlmann of Bomber Group 27 “Boelcke” parachuted and captured in the East: German Cross in Gold

3rd Class for Officers for 25 Years

maker marked with LDO code “L/56” for Funcke and Brüninghaus

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of Cross Fourth Class with Crown(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock