Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Auction Archive Silver Grade after twenty years

Silver Grade after twenty years and Bronze Grade after fifteen years detachment command

measuring 22 mm (w) x 17 mm (h)

Lieutenant (1893)

Klasse mit Schwertern” in golden lettering

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Auction Archive Silver Grade after twenty years(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 central oak leaves, the six oclock arm