Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Engraved Example with Case, by J. Godet & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A huge work of reference

A huge work of reference for scholars and researchers on the war

measuring 46 mm (w) x 46 mm (h)

one featuring handwritten recipient information

As for the pilot

each of the buttons bearing the RCAF crown and eagle insignia and holding the two ends of the flaps together

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Engraved Example with Case, by J. Godet & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A huge work of reference(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a