Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Auction Archive the centre waist bears two

the centre waist bears two gitl brass shank buttons with the crowned flying albatross and the waist at the back left and right sides bear a metal hook for a sword belt

22 December 1891) on 23 June 1942 in Neu-Sandez (Nowy Sacz)

outside of two mentions in his service records

part of the Atlantic Fleet

surrounded by the inscription "UNITED STATES AIR FORCE"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ko Auction Archive the centre waist bears two(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 binge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked KO