Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic marked on a ring FR

marked on a ring FR (for Rothe

thick smooth finished dark gray leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the right end

measuring 21 cm (w) x 13 cm (h)

Also inset into the obverse of the handle near the pommel is a silvered and painted circular SA insignia

04 mm (w) x 36

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic marked on a ring FR(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse, an Schraubscheibe). 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 lug retaining an original nut,