Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Hold Stitched into the top of

Stitched into the top of the interior is a transparent rhomboid moisture guard

accompanied by its original envelope of issue

on period bow ribbon

he entered the Imperial Navy as a One-Year Volunteer on January 3

3 mm (w) x 15

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Hold Stitched into the top of(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A 1914 Iron Cross, II Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original institution date 1813 in raised