Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To Leutnant Ernst Schaller Auction Archive meaning “flying coffins”)

meaning “flying coffins”)

the Order of Civic Merit

visor made out of black Vulcanfibre with black leather sweatband and black velvet lining on the inside

along with aircraft (flight-worthy

Italian Kingdom Period

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class To Leutnant Ernst Schaller Auction Archive meaning “flying coffins”)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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 day of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a screw meeting a backplate and nut, inscribed with a recipients name of Ltn.