Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed 1944 by raiding railroad bridges

1944 by raiding railroad bridges and coastal guns

he was employed by the Allies as commander of the Naval Academy at Mürwik near Flensburg and the Heinz Krey-bearing

inscribed "Der Reichsarbeitsführer / Berlin-Grunewald

On Veterans Day

DA COSTA LISBOA" on the reverse cartouche

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed 1944 by raiding railroad bridges(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a damaged vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a thick round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 33 mm (w) x 42. 53 mm (h), weighing 13. 7 grams, and in