Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of the obverse centre bears a

the obverse centre bears a man holding a shovel superimposed over a mobile swastika on a fluted background

By the following Spring of 1918

3rd Class for Officers for 25 Years

maker marked with LDO code “L/56” for Funcke and Brüninghaus

Cross Fourth Class with Crown

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of the obverse centre bears a(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 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 three central oak leaves, the six oclock