Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Kp Auction Archive 56 mm (w) x 89

56 mm (w) x 89

a war crime in itself

A first war Prussian “Beobachterabzeichen”

knob-like pommel with plain round pommel nut

at the age of 76 and is buried in Fort Bayard National Cemetery

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Kp Auction Archive 56 mm (w) x 89(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 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