An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class Auction Archive with the ends stitched together

with the ends stitched together at the rear

87 mm x 136 mm)

with all four prongs

Whilst at Oflag XXIB (Schubin)

one is dated to 1940

An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class Auction Archive with the ends stitched togetherAn Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension (marked); with its medal ribbon bar style ribbon sewn to the loop; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of