Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, With Document, To Rudolf Ristow Archive stamped in black ink "85"

stamped in black ink "85" on the underside of the belt at the right end

Signed by Emperor Wilhelm II

It was used by navigators during the Second World war on aircraft

in February 1929

and black paint

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, With Document, To Rudolf Ristow Archive stamped in black ink "85"(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1924 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