Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Hold with some light white paint

with some light white paint blotches on the interior

also lost were 0-659415 First Lieutenant (Pilot) John Blakeslee Thomas

the reverse with a screw back post and accompanying screwback plate

Third finger on right hand missing and just below 1st interphalanged joint

and Knight/ 5th Class

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, by KO Hold with some light white paint(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 with an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker