Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 First Class, Screwback Version Auction Archive Private/Corporal George Cutler Johnson

Private/Corporal George Cutler Johnson

minor contact to enamel with single chip

His officer of the watch set the wrong course and put HMS Scout ashore on a sandbank

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

Marked - Silvered and blackened zinc

Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 First Class, Screwback Version Auction Archive Private/Corporal George Cutler Johnson(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.