Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Hold (Braunschweig Feuerschutzpolizei Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)

(Braunschweig Feuerschutzpolizei Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)

1940 and contains sponsor’s fee stamps starting in May 1940 and ending with September 1943

measuring 37 mm (w) x 41 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

circa 1914-16 period manufacture

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Hold (Braunschweig Feuerschutzpolizei Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). 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 central oak