Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Example certificate_of_authenticity white and red fields sewn

white and red fields sewn side-by-side

they were in action in the Battles of the Somme

MORBIDVCCI" on the obverse

constucted of off-white paper with multi-coloured ink

the obverse bearing a raised depiction of a soldier with rangefinder equipment alongside a small howitzer

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Example certificate_of_authenticity white and red fields sewn(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1813 1815 issue; c. 1813 centenary reissue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse plain, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm