Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, Owner-Attributed With Custom Case Auction Archive on a grayish-blue wool field

on a grayish-blue wool field

) Gold and enamels (with Gold hallmark for 18 Kt

entitled to wear the War Service Badge

measuring 43 mm x 44 mm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, Owner-Attributed With Custom Case Auction Archive on a grayish-blue wool field(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a period correct replacement 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