Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 First Class, Screwback Version Auction Archive to Thomsen

to Thomsen

with Stinson later joining the 28th Infantry Battalion "North West Regiment" in the French theatre

Marked - Silvered and blackened zinc

to protect men eligible for military service but engaged in essential war work from being accosted by young women in the street who would hand them white feathers and accuse them of being slackers

Signed at the command post on March 13th

Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 First Class, Screwback Version Auction Archive to Thomsen(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse) A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; vaulted; 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 two piece screwback assembly; measuring 43. 05 mm (w) x 42. 77 mm (h); weighing 22. 6 grams; in overall better than very fine condition.