Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Godet Archive lovely enamelling

lovely enamelling

2nd Class 1947-1972

many formations of bombers of the Royal Air Force where flying over the Twente region of eastern Holland (Netherlands)

maker marked “CTD” for “Christian Theodor Dicke” on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, By Godet Archive lovely enamelling(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded