Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Unteroffizier Heinrich Gantert Auction (THOMAS HICK 80TH REGT

(THOMAS HICK 80TH REGT

8 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback

two-piece construction of bronze gilt and enamels

42 mm (w) x 86

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Unteroffizier Heinrich Gantert Auction (THOMAS HICK 80TH REGT(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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