Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction maker marked "BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN" on

maker marked "BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN" on the reverse

Meritorious Pilot's Badge - in silvered tombac with enameled center

and there is some loss of paint to the scabbard

less than a third survived

but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of Josef Feix & Söhne

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Auction maker marked "BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN" on(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 reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback with an unusual tip meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring