Prussia, Kingdom. An Unusual 1813 Iron Cross II Class, c. 1825 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic consisting of a close-up headshot

consisting of a close-up headshot likely retrieved from a newspaper or other publication and pasted to a larger paper backer

Footnote: Erich Franz was born on 12 March 1912 near Coburg

appointed a 2nd Lieutenant on June 26

Gardino GIOIELLIERE ROMA" on the inside lid

cleaned and mounted court style

Prussia, Kingdom. An Unusual 1813 Iron Cross II Class, c. 1825 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic consisting of a close-up headshot(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1813 1815 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse plain, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a royal crown, the twelve oclock arm culminating in an