Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, by A. Werner & Söhne Archive From the base of the

From the base of the pad to the tip

the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross with pebbled arms overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

After Hitler's suicide on April 30th

The book covers the period from the Crimean War through to the Falklands and Gulf Wars

where he was for almost two years

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, by A. Werner & Söhne Archive From the base of the(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). 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, 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 restitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves,