Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed on red wool

on red wool

32 mm x 252 mm

two dagger hangers were hooked onto two identical metal slides with a 38 mm diameter circular front plate bearing the impression of a lion’s head

buttonhole attachment

The right breast is enriched with a Luftwaffe eagle insignia in light gray on a bluish-gray wool field

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed on red wool(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 with an initial institution