Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 Buy Now the P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association

the P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association Badge incorporating silvered bullion wire

Winter winds aloft were extreme

Grau was employed as a waggoner and was also a recipient of the Gau Erfurt Honour Badge

the exterior bearing an inscription of “VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN SILBER” and a maker’s mark of “STEINHAUER & LÜCK

Decorative metal fixtures are secured to both the tip and throat with dual side rivets

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, c. 1940 Buy Now the P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed and silvered 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat