Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1905 Auction Archive the tunic measuring 420 mm

the tunic measuring 420 mm across the shoulders x 570 mm in length

but later that year

with Canada scroll (GNR T

maker marked ECCO and stamped STERLING on the reverse

LUDENSCHEID" on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1905 Auction Archive the tunic measuring 420 mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 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 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak