Prussia, Kingdom. A Core For An 1870 Iron Cross Auction measures 19x23mm

measures 19x23mm

with a standard Wehrmacht Officer’s belt buckle motif on the obverse

The blade show a small amount of pitting as well as exhibiting the usual in and out runner marks

Green embroidered insignia

McIntosh in Uniform and Wearing His Navigator's Wing: black and white

Prussia, Kingdom. A Core For An 1870 Iron Cross Auction measures 19x23mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Herzstck). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a Cross Patte, 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 leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a