Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Maker Marked Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A 1933 NSBO (Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation/National

A 1933 NSBO (Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation/National Socialist Factory Cell Organization) Landestreffen Hessen-Nassau badge

with a two-piece screwback

topped by a royal crown an inscription of “FUER VERDIENST” (“FOR MERIT”)

whose media empire was the major commercial backer of the project with four staffers among the flight's nine passengers

with a stylized latticework band

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Maker Marked Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A 1933 NSBO (Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation/National(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original 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 with three central oak leaves, the six oclock