Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 427 (Lion) Squadron and 429

427 (Lion) Squadron and 429 (Bison) Squadron

pin on reverse had been War time re-soldered

Krenzlinger has dedicated and signed the photo on the reverse

around a central raised Wolfsangel rune flanked by a Stahlhelm and sword

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 427 (Lion) Squadron and 429(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 channel retaining an original silvered zink