Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Before the Battle of Tarawa

Before the Battle of Tarawa

constructed of silvered bronze with machine embroidery

a wartime patriotic shell

of the few faintly remembered

CROWNED SEP:8 1831

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Before the Battle of Tarawa(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on a unique modified loop suspension with its original parade mount style 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