Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Marked LV - Silver frame

Marked LV - Silver frame

3 mm (w) x 58 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension)

(Wehrmacht Generaloberst Postkarte mit Unterschrift)

During its operating life

surrounded by a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt date of “DEN 25

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Marked LV - Silver frame(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 a wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a