Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, With Miniature United Republic of worn with some wear to

worn with some wear to the silver wash

So it was that in its early years

In 14K Gold with red

37 mm x 79 mm

maltese cross in bronzed zinc

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, With Miniature United Republic of worn with some wear to(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer mit Miniatur). 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 mounted onto a card stock bar, 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