Original U.S. WWI Framed Captured Souvenir German Iron Cross 2nd Class EKII with YMCA Letter Sent Home - 8 ⅞" x 10 ⅞” U.S. Replica from ripped cases to cracked

from ripped cases to cracked hand receivers

it would still be able to have a good reach for bayonet combat

It is definitely quite old

as it looks to have been used as part of a mock up previously

with a very nice horn-tipped ramrod still retained under the barrel

Original U.S. WWI Framed Captured Souvenir German Iron Cross 2nd Class EKII with YMCA Letter Sent Home - 8 ⅞" x 10 ⅞” U.S. Replica from ripped cases to crackedOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous piece of AEF and Imperial German history, an Iron Cross 2nd Class which was bought from a German soldier by a Major in the American Expeditionary Forces, along with a great letter of provenance on YMCA letterhead dated June 10th, 1919. The letter discusses that this Iron Cross was not taken in Battle from a Boche prisoner, but he was able to get some of them in Coblentz before The German Authorities