The hook and eye closure at the opening has a protective leather tab stitched behind the eye on the left side
and from 1882-1884 with the 85th regiment
Reich Labour Service (RAD) Cap Badge - "Reichsarbeitsdienst"
An Outstanding Luftwaffe Award Group to Bomber Group 27 - Fine Luftwaffe grouping of Unteroffizier Heinrich Kuhlmann who served as a co-pilot/bombardier with KG 28 and KG 27 “Boelcke”
One-piece construction indicative of Type II
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Austrian-Style Mount certificate_of_authenticity The hook and eye closure(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on a period replacement loop for suspension from an original tri fold ribbon, 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