Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Archive one in French (for various

one in French (for various countries)

and marked with a dianakopf (

the 502nd (commanded by Colonel George Van Horn Moseley) parachuted into Normandy alongside the 101st Airborne Division

It is generally very well preserved without any rips or tears

as well as his dog tag

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Archive one in French (for various(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a