Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Engraved Example with Case, by J. Godet & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 5 mm (w) x 19

5 mm (w) x 19 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

1913) and Assistant Director of Veterinary Service

A gilded bronze cross pattée

southwest Poland) on March 26

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Engraved Example with Case, by J. Godet & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 5 mm (w) x 19(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 an elongated barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a