Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, by Paul Meybauer Hold pin marked with boars head

pin marked with boars head and Bertrand makers mark

many of the Sharpshooter riflemen used their own weapons

where he took a course at the Central Flying School

all three are perfect-bound

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example, by Paul Meybauer Hold pin marked with boars head(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire