Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class By H.r. Wilm, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Friedrich Held Buy Now also postmarked for Büsum

also postmarked for Büsum

silver gilt and red enamelled insignia affixed to an enamelled silver gilt cross base

His unit fought their way to the Dnieper and occupied Kiev

he revived the order as an order of merit

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class By H.r. Wilm, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Friedrich Held Buy Now also postmarked for Büsum(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with