Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Archive shaking hands with Anton Mussert

shaking hands with Anton Mussert

but is now better remembered for the sprinting triumphs of the black American athlete Jesse Owens

the edge bearing a zolotnik mark of “78

with an early Luftwaffe Condor Legion style eagle gripping a mobile swastika in its talons in the centre

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Archive shaking hands with Anton Mussert(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 block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked