Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version In Silver Hold Leslie Leroy Irvin was the

Leslie Leroy Irvin was the first person to make a premeditated free-fall parachute jump

enamels intact on the Merit Cross "1849"

Gassed during a heavy enemy bombardment near Loos on 6 April 1918

above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of “1939”

dated June 22

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version In Silver Hold Leslie Leroy Irvin was the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 a central threaded lug retaining a period original silver backplate with dual loops,