Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Archive 1942 and arrive at Kristiansand

1942 and arrive at Kristiansand in Norway on the 24th

handwritten message in black ink on the inside spread from Gefreiter Gerhard Haubold

04 mm (w) x 25

It measures 210 mm x 147 mm

surface wear and contact marks throughout

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Archive 1942 and arrive at Kristiansand(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Schraubbefestigung). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with 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 two threaded screw posts emanating from the six