Austria, Imperial. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Neck Cross certificate_of_authenticity inscribed “IN EISERNER ZEIT 1916

inscribed “IN EISERNER ZEIT 1916

The crushing defeat sealed the American victory in the Cuban theater of the war

with wear and enamel contact

marked "Alnrru D

101 other ranks and served in France and Belgium with the 1st Infantry Brigade

Austria, Imperial. A German Knight’s Order, Marian Neck Cross certificate_of_authenticity inscribed “IN EISERNER ZEIT 1916(Marienkreuz des Deutschen Ritterordens). Instituted on March 26, 1871. (Issued 1885 1918). A silver Latin cross with black and white enameled arms, the obverse with a red enameled Geneva cross on a white field, surrounded by a black ring of enamels, inscribed ORDO TEUT HUMANITATI in capital lettering, the reverse with a similar white field, dated 1871, surrounded by a ring of black enamels, on a loop for suspension from its period original neck