Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by WE Archive Loose Stamps for Aforementioned Booklet

Loose Stamps for Aforementioned Booklet (dated 1942

Footnote: The National Defence Cross was instituted on December 11

A matching set of Luftwaffe Administration Kriegsverwaltungsrat (Hauptmann/Captain equivalent) rank insignia

SAS Pattern Parachute Wings (in light blue

and that his son is enjoying his new home

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by WE Archive Loose Stamps for Aforementioned Booklet(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,