Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Maker Auction Archive overlaid by a German national

overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel topped by an enameled HJ insignia

the reverse shows the text “WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42” (“WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941/42”)

circumscribed by an inscription of “VDB LUXEMBURG”

It states that Unteroffizier (NCO) Walter Schmidt of the 2nd Battery of Reserve Anti-Aircraft Detachment 542 has successfully participated in a seminar for Fernsprechunteroffiziere der Flakartillerie (teletype NCOs of the anti-aircraft artillery) between March 27 and May 22

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Maker Auction Archive overlaid by a German national(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker