Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Newly Listed 22 August 1943

22 August 1943

MOOLTAN (EDWD GRIFFITHS

The emphasis was on decorative ceramics: objects d'art for the Nazi regime

later Edward VII (1841-1910)

surrounded by silver gilt ring with raised motto in blue enamel VIRTVTI ET MERITO (Virtue and Merit)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Newly Listed 22 August 1943(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). 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,