Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of Group of the 1st Stuka

Group of the 1st Stuka Wing

"Tip" Runkle and made their home in Charlottesville

the last of the brothers

missing its pin

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of Group of the 1st Stuka(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 40 mm (w) x