Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case, Ko-Marked Auction Archive 84 mm x 43

84 mm x 43

The stem with a ribbon depicting oak leaves

These included the Spanish War Veterans

over an outline of three “onion domes” (probably symbolizing St

the exterior bearing a silver-grey machine-embroidered inscription of “AFRIKA”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case, Ko-Marked Auction Archive 84 mm x 43(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension, 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