Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The cap band is flanked

The cap band is flanked by brown bakelite buttons holding in place a decorative gold bullion wire chinstrap which rests upon the protruding cardboard reinforced visor

non-commissioned officer of the 23rd Siberian Regiment

the obverse adorned with a central white cotton disc measuring 51 cm in diameter

with facsimile by Carl Rosemann

He was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps and appointed to Flying Officer

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, by Wagner & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The cap band is flanked(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown the reverse with a barrel hinge emanating from an elongated oval plate and vertical pinback meeting a round wire