Germany, Weimar Republic. An Iron Cross Sweetheart Pin Auction Archive 69566 and 5041191

69566 and 5041191

maker marked "BIRKS ELLIS" on the reverse

1943) was a Flying Ace

Berlin” on the reverse underneath the catch

He was also the author of two books: "Fighting with Fools" (1938)

Germany, Weimar Republic. An Iron Cross Sweetheart Pin Auction Archive 69566 and 5041191(Brosche). A First War period German brooch constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band, featuring a black enamelled Iron Cross with oak leaves and laurel leaves on either side, reverse presents a horizontal pinback, measures 40 mm (w) x 12 mm (h), with a round medallion suspended below, the obverse states Andenken an (Souvenir of) and the reverse Feindesland (Enemy Territory), measures 10 mm in diameter, and in overall very