Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction First Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers)

First Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers) Ralph W

marked in black ink with the Bulgarian crown

attached to black wool

and eventually achieved the rank of lieutenant of the army of the Spanish Republic

He was invalided to the R

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction First Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers)(1970 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted on 19 July 1870 by Kaiser Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, the obverse with a raised central initial W with the reinstitution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, with a royal crown on the top arm, the reverse with three