Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Auction Archive 85 cm (w) x 9

85 cm (w) x 9 cm (h)

RZM paper control label is still attached on one side

lightly soiled white piping

the pinback marked with code “7” for maker Paul Meybauer

in their hardshelled presentation case

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Auction Archive 85 cm (w) x 9(Eisernes Kreuz 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 arm