Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class By The Stuttgart Mint Archive surface rust evident on the

surface rust evident on the edges and on the reverse

and a textbook Luftwaffe eagle on the top of the badge

Shergold's plane was hit several times by 20 mm cannon which set the ship afire and apparently knocked out the hydraulic system

90mm from wing tip to wing tip

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class By The Stuttgart Mint Archive surface rust evident on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a convex 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch with a unique functional