Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Cased and Owner-Attributed, by Wagner & Sohn visually-hidden a privilege he could not

a privilege he could not decline

engraved "GAUJUNGMEISTER GAU 72 1931

22 mm (w) x 50

A Distinguished Flying Cross

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Cased and Owner-Attributed, by Wagner & Sohn visually-hidden a privilege he could not(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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire