80 mm x 82
Peschko was removed to the SS Totenkopf Panzer Signal Detachment
arriving at the Canadian Base Depot in France on May 29
with the core nearly untouched
given out immediately and “on the spot”
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class Hold 80 mm x 82(Eiserne Kreuze). A 1914 Iron Cross, I Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, 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 damaged vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a thick round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 28 mm (w) x 42. 38 mm (h), weighing 16. 5