Original Imperial German WWI Cased Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 by Louis Werner with Award Document British Machine Guns and has been signed by

and has been signed by the artist and 16 members of Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders

bombarding Serbian strong points

The former marking would indicate that at one point

Asheville began her career in the early 1920s on power-projection missions ("showing the flag") in Central America

This is an exceptionally rare Great War Police Legion (Army) Western Front (France) Officer (NCO) Visor Cap

Original Imperial German WWI Cased Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 by Louis Werner with Award Document British Machine Guns and has been signed byOriginal Item: Only One Available. Established by Prussian King Frederick William III in 1813 for gallantry in action, the Eisernes Kreuz (Iron Cross) decoration was revived several times for later conflicts. The bulk of the issues are divided into 1st and 2nd class versions, but a rare and superior 'Grand Cross' was also awarded for successful field commanders. During WWI the lower decoration was freely awarded with 5 million second class types