Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic thick smooth finished dark gray

thick smooth finished dark gray leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the right end

the reverse is inscribed FVI 1219 W 1671 1808

marked on a ring FR (for Rothe

REISE NACH AMERIKA 1902 / LLOYD DAMPFER KRONPRINZ WILHELM" (In Remembrance of the Visit to America 1902

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic thick smooth finished dark gray(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse, an Schraubscheibe). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 central threaded lug retaining an original nut,