Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Hold The recipient is NCO Walter

The recipient is NCO Walter Kretschmer of the 5th Battery of Artillery Regiment 16 (L)

He died on November 11

In 2003 History TV broadcast "The Hero's Hero - The Forgotten Life of William Barker

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Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Screwback Version Hold The recipient is NCO Walter(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse mit Schraubbefestigung). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte with 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 two threaded screw posts emanating from the six