Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Hold Type IV (bilingual version)

Type IV (bilingual version)

It also includes United States officers who served in France during the First World War in the Lafayette Escadrille Flying Corps

Made of die stamped aluminum alloy with dark patina

(Heer Schulterklappen für Oberst der Infanterie)

center appliqué in gold and enamels

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Hold Type IV (bilingual version)(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 date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,