Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac bearing a black ink maker’s

bearing a black ink maker’s mark of “PETER KÜPPER

1901 after exmatriculating form the Infantry Academy in Prague

feature period photos of a US soldier who apparently repurposed the album for his own use

the center features 8 smooth sequins and thin bullion coils

A postwar signed photo of SS-Oberscharführer Ernst Barkmann

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac bearing a black ink maker’s(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed and silvered 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat