Germany, Third Reich. A German Cross In Gold, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive the pilot wearing the Iron

the pilot wearing the Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 on his left breast

with photographs

documented as having been with the Artillery at Hastings in March 1917

Type II (London issue) (bronze gilt

badge weighs 39

Germany, Third Reich. A German Cross In Gold, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive the pilot wearing the Iron(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of cupal with aluminum and enamels, consisting of a double overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points, the center bearing a black enameled mobile swastika on an aluminum background, within a stamped gilded circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the institution year 1941, the inner and outer sides of the wreath are trimmed with thin red enameled