Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Archive with a green cotton blend-lined

with a green cotton blend-lined tongue attached to the underside of the board

is famous for sinking the British battleship HMS Royal Oak in October 1939

" He was three years in the West Point Tactical Department

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Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Archive with a green cotton blend-lined(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a damaged vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a thick round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 33 mm (w) x 42. 53 mm (h), weighing 13. 7 grams, and in