Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic REISE NACH AMERIKA 1902 /

REISE NACH AMERIKA 1902 / LLOYD DAMPFER KRONPRINZ WILHELM" (In Remembrance of the Visit to America 1902

Sergeant Duffin was awarded the Soldier's Medal for his heroic and selfless action

Also inset into the obverse of the handle near the pommel is a silvered and painted circular SA insignia

04 mm (w) x 36

marked on a ring FR (for Rothe

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic REISE NACH AMERIKA 1902 /(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse, an Schraubscheibe). 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining an original nut,