An Uncommon Iron Cross 1St Class 1914 By A. Werner & Sohne certificate_of_authenticity as an Acting Engine Room

as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on October 14

It indeed reminds me of your "Bonnie Scotland"

Footnote: These organizations worked in cooperation during the Third Reich to achieve mutual German power-political aspirations on the high seas

At the onset of the war in 1939

slotted medal bed for secure seating of the Iron Cross

An Uncommon Iron Cross 1St Class 1914 By A. Werner & Sohne certificate_of_authenticity as an Acting Engine RoomSilver frame, with iron core, magnetic, vaulted, "pillowback" design and maker marked "AWS" within a coat of arms hallmark (A. Werner & Sohne, Berlin) on the reverse, 43. 2 mm, vertical pinback, extremely high quality, scattered paint chipping on the arms and on the "W" cypher, near extremely fine. Footnote: This cross with a "pillowback" design was a private purchase. A. Werner & Shne, Berlin began supplying Iron Crosses in 1917, the "800" silver