Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp GTRexclude gray cotton backer

gray cotton backer

) with the SS runes on the reverse ricasso

and a Letter from the Airborne Forces Museum (addressed to Konrad Gunzel of Toronto

and kept in place by rivets

There is no mention of the “Afrika” cuff title in the Wehrpaß

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp GTRexclude gray cotton backer(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse mit Jubilumsspange). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the loop fastened with a 25th Jubilee Clasp, consisting of three overlapping oak leaves bearing a raised number 25, the award consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central