Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To Leutnant Ernst Schaller Auction Archive meaning “flying coffins”)

meaning “flying coffins”)

along with aircraft (flight-worthy

arriving in Guadalcanal

at the age of 81 and is buried in Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To Leutnant Ernst Schaller Auction Archive meaning “flying coffins”)(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 day of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a screw meeting a backplate and nut, inscribed with a recipients name of Ltn.