Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount GTRexclude he never took much part

he never took much part in organized sports

5 cm-long nickel-plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and unspoiled edges

red pebbled exterior

and red fabric underneath

inscribed Opes regum corda subditorum (Latin - The deeds of the Kings win the hearts of their subjects)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount GTRexclude he never took much part(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse an Einzelspange). Reinstated 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single parade mount with a magnetic metal core, 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