Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The high Ordenskapitel (decision-making sector

The high Ordenskapitel (decision-making sector of the Order) has recognized this outstanding merit

Thurmann took U-553 out on nine patrols in 1941 and 1942

dated to Neuruppin (north of Berlin) on April 3

double stamped with the wrong reading "R

the Wound Badge in Black

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The high Ordenskapitel (decision-making sector(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded screwpost retaining a period