Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Luxury Case Republic of hallmarked on loop with boars

hallmarked on loop with boars head as well as makers mark double struck French maker

tape residue on the pinback from previous board mounting

measuring 52

1956 for five years

with wool backer and horizontal pinback

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Luxury Case Republic of hallmarked on loop with boars(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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