Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic engraver marked "L ROSSIGNOLI"

engraver marked "L ROSSIGNOLI"

Rose was also in the process of purchasing a Victory Bond

featuring a Herringbone Twill weave

one is maker marked "Bessin & Salson"

all twelve disks alternating with twelve 29 mm x 49 mm silver gilt crowned cyphers of Peter Friedrich Ludwig

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic engraver marked "L ROSSIGNOLI"(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). 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 catch,