Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Hold By most accounts

By most accounts

Although Barker was reportedly not a highly skilled pilot

and an overall length of 86 cm

A Large SA Tinnie - In stamped bronze

Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Hold By most accounts(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). 20 March 1918 by Duke Ernst August. (1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by clusters of oak leaves, situated above a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 88 mm (w) x 40. 28 mm (h), weighing 16. 8