Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed a Kanonier (gunner) and Vorgeschobener

a Kanonier (gunner) and Vorgeschobener Beobachter Funker (scout radio operator) in the Signal Echelon of Reserve Artillery Detachment 96

the quadrants of the cross joined by silver NSDAP-style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enamelled backgrounds

the obverse centre bears a raised circular field of a Weimar republic eagle with outstretched wings

Helmet measures 295 mm x 308 mm x 115 mm

The interior of this tunic also features an interior belt

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed a Kanonier (gunner) and Vorgeschobener(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic brass 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 crimped barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting