Austria, Imperial. A First War Iron Cross And 1849 Merit Cross United Republic of each constructed of a red

each constructed of a red doeskin wool base and adorned with seven vertically-arranged gold bullion wire tresses meeting a border of identical construction

stamped with the illegible maker’s mark of a Lüdenscheid-based manufacture and a date of “1938”

A black leather chinstrap rests over the forehead of the helmet

5 mm x x 37 mm x 10

Basic Glider Pilot Badge (two-piece construction

Austria, Imperial. A First War Iron Cross And 1849 Merit Cross United Republic of each constructed of a redA 1914 Iron Cross, (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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