Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version Hold issued to Wilhelm Koch

issued to Wilhelm Koch

unmarked however presenting characteristics of 1930's Zimmermann manufacture

41 mm (w) x 18

the latter two living at home when he was Killed in Action in Vietnam

1890 in Koenigstein

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version Hold issued to Wilhelm Koch(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 reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate wnt nut, the twelve oclock arm stamped with a silver