Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Variant, Privately-Purchased Example Democratic Republic of the For conspicuous gallantry and devotion

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 29th September

below the waterline in the after battery room

with moderate loss of copper finish to the figure and minor wear of the wooden base evident

Measuring 105x148mm

Officer's Collar Badge c

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Variant, Privately-Purchased Example Democratic Republic of the For conspicuous gallantry and devotion(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse Waffelmuster). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of feinzink and silver, consisting of a slightly vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic metal (most likely feinzink) 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 central