Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case visually-hidden 10 mm x 12

10 mm x 12

” reverse shows a vertical pinback

measuring 140 mm x 32 mm

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case visually-hidden 10 mm x 12(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 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three