Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Auction Archive The minesweeper Whippoorwill

The minesweeper Whippoorwill

156th Infantry Battalion

bronze "3"

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Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Auction Archive The minesweeper Whippoorwill(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 screw and two backplates with a nut, unmarked, measuring 42. 91 mm (w) x