Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Non-Magnetic Metal Variant, Privately-Purchased Example Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic A 1933 “1

A 1933 “1

with a partially-visible Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) maker’s code of “155/40” for F

it was joined by the 39th Battalion

some demonstrating minor loss of finish to the base metal

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, One-Piece Non-Magnetic Metal Variant, Privately-Purchased Example Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic A 1933 “1(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened and silvered brass, consisting of a one piece vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened 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 and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round