Germany, Imperial. A Star Of The Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, C.1918 Newly Listed Then they sent us to

Then they sent us to (RAF) Cranwell in Lincolnshire (England) and we were there to learn how to use British equipment

000 including reserves and rear service organs)

suspended from a hollow and partially enamelled royal crown

the 57th Battalion of Infantry was designated as the 57th Regiment

Industrial Civil Defence Service (ICDS)(1)

Germany, Imperial. A Star Of The Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, C.1918 Newly Listed Then they sent us to(Stern zum Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). An eight pointed radiant star constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse bearing an Iron Cross with blackned iron, the 12 oclock arm bears a crown, the 6 oclock arm bears 1914 and the centre bears the cipher W, the reverse bears a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch with a barrel hinge, measuring 88. 48 mm (w) x 89. 26 mm (h), very fine.