Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed Fred Grisdale

Fred Grisdale

anti-aircraft balloons

in their paper packets of issue

with all of the silver-wash worn off

All show planes in flight

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed Fred Grisdale(Kniglich Preuischen Eisernen Kreuz von 1870). A beautiful 1870 cross patte with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, set in a pleasingly toned silver frame with a silver base plate, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, with one prong remaining