Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Iron Cross visually-hidden 94 inches]

94 inches]

heavy contact marks and bruises to rim

both unmarked and measuring 48 mm (w) x 62 mm (h)

Montalbano was returned to the USA at the request of his family and is buried in Long Island National Cemetery

Peter and inscribed “Benedictvs XV

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Iron Cross visually-hidden 94 inches](Eisernes Kreuze). Constructed of blackened bronze, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with black enameled arms trimmed with ribbed borders, bearing a central circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the six oclock arm bearing a raised monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, topped by a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised date of 1813 topped by a crown, the reverse with a barrel